Mumbai:
The prosecution is all set to wind up the 26/11 terror attack case in a special court in Mumbai on November 26, coinciding with the first anniversary of the dastardly strikes that left close to 200 dead and 300 injured.
"We have examined 265 witnesses and about ten more are left. The case would be wrapped up by November 26, a year after the terror attacks", said special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam.
Nikam also said that the evidence of another 300 witnesses would be adduced by filing their affidavits in the court. These witnesses would not be examined personally because they are like the ones who had carried bodies of victims to hospitals, relatives of victims who claimed the bodies, people who suffered damage to their properties and medical officers who treated the victims.
"The trial began on May 8 and in about six months we are ready to wind up the case", said Nikam. Pakistani gunman Ajmal Kasab is facing the trial along with two Indians, Faheem Ansari and Sabauddin Ahmed. While Kasab faces charges of multiple murders, others are charged with conspiracy.
After prosecution closes its case, defence lawyers may exercise their right to examine their witnesses. Then the accused would give their statements to the court on what they have to say about the evidence adduced against them. Finally, the court would give verdict after hearing arguments.
With the testimony of 275 witnesses and strong forensic evidence, prosecution has prepared a water-tight case against Kasab, Nikam said.
Kasab is confined to a specially-built isolated cell in the high security central prison and is guarded by a strong posse of Indo-Tibetan Border Police round-the-clock.
Altogether 30 eyewitnesses have identified Kasab in the identification parade in the court. Forensic experts have also given their opinion that the DNA samples collected from the boat Kuber, from which the terrorists landed in Mumbai, matched with the DNA of Kasab and five other slain terrorists. The prosecution has also screened in the court CCTV footages of terrorists from cameras installed at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Times of India Building, Hotel Taj and Hotel Oberoi-Trident.
Besides CCTV footages, weapons and RDX seized from Kasab and the slain terrorists have also been placed as evidence.The prosecution is relying upon Kasab's confession before a Magistrate wherein he recorded the conspiracy hatched in Pakistan to commit Mumbai terror attacks. The prosecution is also banking on a plea made by Kasab in the court partly accepting his guilt in the crime.
"We have examined 265 witnesses and about ten more are left. The case would be wrapped up by November 26, a year after the terror attacks", said special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam.
Nikam also said that the evidence of another 300 witnesses would be adduced by filing their affidavits in the court. These witnesses would not be examined personally because they are like the ones who had carried bodies of victims to hospitals, relatives of victims who claimed the bodies, people who suffered damage to their properties and medical officers who treated the victims.
"The trial began on May 8 and in about six months we are ready to wind up the case", said Nikam. Pakistani gunman Ajmal Kasab is facing the trial along with two Indians, Faheem Ansari and Sabauddin Ahmed. While Kasab faces charges of multiple murders, others are charged with conspiracy.
After prosecution closes its case, defence lawyers may exercise their right to examine their witnesses. Then the accused would give their statements to the court on what they have to say about the evidence adduced against them. Finally, the court would give verdict after hearing arguments.
With the testimony of 275 witnesses and strong forensic evidence, prosecution has prepared a water-tight case against Kasab, Nikam said.
Kasab is confined to a specially-built isolated cell in the high security central prison and is guarded by a strong posse of Indo-Tibetan Border Police round-the-clock.
Altogether 30 eyewitnesses have identified Kasab in the identification parade in the court. Forensic experts have also given their opinion that the DNA samples collected from the boat Kuber, from which the terrorists landed in Mumbai, matched with the DNA of Kasab and five other slain terrorists. The prosecution has also screened in the court CCTV footages of terrorists from cameras installed at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Times of India Building, Hotel Taj and Hotel Oberoi-Trident.
Besides CCTV footages, weapons and RDX seized from Kasab and the slain terrorists have also been placed as evidence.The prosecution is relying upon Kasab's confession before a Magistrate wherein he recorded the conspiracy hatched in Pakistan to commit Mumbai terror attacks. The prosecution is also banking on a plea made by Kasab in the court partly accepting his guilt in the crime.
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