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Indian Apex court stays death sentence for Mumbai gunman
NEW DELHI : India's Supreme Court on Monday stayed the death sentence handed down to the lone surviving gunman from t
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"This case has to be heard on top priority," Supreme Court judge Aftab Alam told the court. "It is the demand of the judicial system that we have to hear this appeal."
Ajmal Amir Kasab, one of 10 gunmen who laid siege to Mumbai for nearly three days killing 166 people, was convicted in May 2010.
Kasab was found guilty of a string of crimes including waging war against India, murder, attempted murder and terrorist acts after a trial at a maximum security prison court in Mumbai.
Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011