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  • SC affirms death penalty in Red Fort attack case

    Express News Service

    NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday affirmed the death penalty of LeT terrorist Mohammad Arif alias Ashfaq in the 2000 Red Fort attack case in which three persons, including two Army jawans, were killed. 

    A bench of Chief Justice U U Lalit and judges S R Bhat and Bela M Trivedi rejected the review petition against top court’s 2011 ruling, saying the aggravating circumstances evident from the record and the fact that there was a direct attack on the unity, integrity and sovereignty of India, completely outweigh any other factors in favour of Arif.

    “There is nothing on record which can be taken to be a mitigating circumstance in favour of the review petitioner. The suggestion that there is a possibility of retribution and rehabilitation, is not made out from and supported by any material on record,” the bench said in its order. 

    In his plea, Arif had contended the courts had not considered any possibility of retribution and rehabilitation or that he would continue to be a threat to the society.  Arif was arrested for the attack on December 22, 2000 under various provisions of IPC, Arms Act, 1959, Foreigners Act, 1946 and Explosive Substances Act, 1908. He was convicted by the trial court in 2005.

    NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday affirmed the death penalty of LeT terrorist Mohammad Arif alias Ashfaq in the 2000 Red Fort attack case in which three persons, including two Army jawans, were killed. 

    A bench of Chief Justice U U Lalit and judges S R Bhat and Bela M Trivedi rejected the review petition against top court’s 2011 ruling, saying the aggravating circumstances evident from the record and the fact that there was a direct attack on the unity, integrity and sovereignty of India, completely outweigh any other factors in favour of Arif.

    “There is nothing on record which can be taken to be a mitigating circumstance in favour of the review petitioner. The suggestion that there is a possibility of retribution and rehabilitation, is not made out from and supported by any material on record,” the bench said in its order. 

    In his plea, Arif had contended the courts had not considered any possibility of retribution and rehabilitation or that he would continue to be a threat to the society.  Arif was arrested for the attack on December 22, 2000 under various provisions of IPC, Arms Act, 1959, Foreigners Act, 1946 and Explosive Substances Act, 1908. He was convicted by the trial court in 2005.

  • Supreme Court affirms death penalty of LeT terrorist in 2000 Red Fort attack case

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the plea of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist Mohammad Arif alias Ashfaq seeking review of its judgement awarding death penalty to him in the 2000 Red Fort attack case that left three people, including two Army jawans, dead.

    A bench comprising Chief Justice Uday Umesh Lalit and Justice Bela M Trivedi said that it has accepted the prayers that electronic records be considered.

    “We have accepted the prayers that electronic records must be placed in consideration. His guilt is proved. We affirm the view taken by this court and reject the review petition,” the bench said.

    Arif was one of the accused, who had entered the Red Fort on December 22, 2000 and had opened indiscriminate firing leading to the death of three.

    NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the plea of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist Mohammad Arif alias Ashfaq seeking review of its judgement awarding death penalty to him in the 2000 Red Fort attack case that left three people, including two Army jawans, dead.

    A bench comprising Chief Justice Uday Umesh Lalit and Justice Bela M Trivedi said that it has accepted the prayers that electronic records be considered.

    “We have accepted the prayers that electronic records must be placed in consideration. His guilt is proved. We affirm the view taken by this court and reject the review petition,” the bench said.

    Arif was one of the accused, who had entered the Red Fort on December 22, 2000 and had opened indiscriminate firing leading to the death of three.

  • SC to hear 40 ‘death cases’ from September 7 including LeT terrorist Ashaf’s sentence

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has issued a circular stating that 40 ‘Death Cases’ will be listed before three-judge benches starting from September 7 including the one related to LeT terrorist Mohammad Arif.

    The list includes four review petitions of convicts whose appeals were dismissed by the court upholding the death penalty.

    One of the cases scheduled to be heard by the top court relates to the sentence of Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist Mohammad Arif alias Ashfaq in the 2000 Red Fort attack case in which three people, including two Army jawans, were killed.

    The top court had earlier issued a fresh standard operating procedure (SOP) to accord final hearing of cases in physical mode from September 1 and said it will employ a hybrid option from Tuesday to Thursday with strict observance of COVID-19 norms.

    The top court has been hearing cases through video-conferencing since March last year due to the pandemic and several bar bodies and lawyers have been demanding that physical hearings should resume immediately.

    The SOP, issued by the Secretary-General on August 28, had made it clear that the courts would keep hearing miscellaneous cases through virtual mode on Mondays and Fridays.