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Hang butcher, killing machine Kasab: Nikam
By T. N. Raghunatha
The Pioneer
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Mumbai - Dubbing Mohammed Ajmal Kasab as a "killing machine",
"butcher", "human shame", "a person worse than a beast" and a "person
who took vicarious pleasure in killing innocent people", the
prosecution on Tuesday rooted for capital punishment to the Pakistani
terrorist, convicted in the 26/11 attacks case.
A day after Additional Sessions Judge ML Tahaliyani convicted Kasab
for various grave offences, including murder and waging a war against
India, Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam told the trial court:
"What he indulged in were not just cold-blooded murders, but were
frozen blooded murders. If we do not award death penalty to Kasab, we
(India) will continue to remain a soft-target".
The Judge will pronounce sentence to Kasab on Thursday.
"He (Kasab) is a killing machine. And such machines are manufactured
in Pakistan... he is a shame on human race, a heartless person, a
curse to the society, a person worse than a beast. He is a Satan and
rakshasa.... he is an agent of Devil," Nikam said.
"He (Kasab) joined LeT voluntarily, which he himself reveals in his
confession statement... His name is Kasab. In fact, Kasab means
butcher. A butcher cuts a goat, but the crimes that he committed like
the murder of Kuber's navigator Amarchand Solanki prove that he is a
butcher," Nikam said.
"Death penalty is a lesser punishment....but I cannot ask for what is
not prescribed in law. His crime is more heinous," Nikam said.
As Nikam argued in favour of death penalty for the convicted
terrorist, Kasab sat in the dock quietly, with his head down. The
convicted terrorist was often seen covering his face with palms.
Stating that Kasab's offences fitted into the category of "rarest of
the rare case", the Public Prosecutor said the Pakistani terrorist's
acts involved "high degree of cruelty" which made the crime an
exception. "Kasab has an unscrupulous attitude and total disregard
for lives of others. In Kasab's case, there are aggravating
circumstances, whereas there are no mitigating circumstances. It has
undoubtedly been proved that 26/11 was pre-planned and pre-mediated,"
he said.
Alluding to the "unprovoked" and "indiscriminate" firing indulged in
by Kasab at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST), Nikam said that Kasab
was "upset" that he and nine other Pakistani terrorists had arrived
in Mumbai (from Karachi) one and a half hours late on the night of
November 26, 2008.
"He and his accomplice Abu Ismail were supposed to have reached CST
by 7.30 pm on that day. (In his confession) Kasab shamelessly says
that he was unhappy as his travel was delayed. He says that when they
reached CST, they saw lesser number of people than the crowds that
they had been shown in the CD (during their LeT training). He wanted
to make a heap of dead bodies.... He did not get satisfaction with
the toll.... This cannot be even the approach of a wild animal,"
Nikam said.
"Abu (Ismail) and Kasab killed people with design, meticulously. Both
of them killed 72 persons in total which included 14 police
personnel. Most of the victims were helpless, defenceless and there
was no provocation," he said.
The 72 victims included eight women and seven small children. "They
also injured 159 persons. They kept on killing people without
distinction, without discretion. There were young and old. There were
Hindus, Muslims, Jews and Christians...," Nikam said.
Of these 72, as many as 52 had been killed at CST, seven inside Cama
Hospital, nine outside Cama Hospital (including then ATS Hemant
Karkare, Addl CP Ashok Kamte and encounter specialist Vijay
Salaskar), two at Vile Parle (the taxi blast), Tukaram Omble at
Girgaum and Kuber's navigator Amarchand Solanki.
Maintaining that Kasab derived vicarious pleasure in killing people,
Nikam said: "Kasab enjoyed killing people.... As one of the witnesses
has said, he was in a joyous mood at the CST as he shot
indiscriminately at people at CST. The photographs taken by
photojournalists Sebastian D'souza and Shriram Vernekar, as well
their testimonies, clearly established that he enjoyed killing
people."
Quoting extensively from John William Salmond, considered the father
of jurisprudence, Nikam said that Kasab deserved nothing less than
capital punishment.
"Salmond has clearly defined as to why one has to be convicted and
why conviction must be followed by sentence. There are four kinds of
punishment - deterrent, reformative, preventive and retributive.
Kasab cannot be reformed or rehabilitated. He should be handed death
sentence. Such a punishment will serve as a deterrent...that would
meet the end of justice.... Deserving is to be condoned, undeserved
is to be condemned. There must be a perfect equilibrium between
benefits and burden."
In support of his plea for a capital punishment to Kasab, Nikam cited
a series of verdicts, including Bachchan Singh vs State of Punjab,
Macchi Singh vs State of Punjab and Simon vs State of Karnataka.
http://dailypioneer.com/253757/Hang-butcher-killing-machine-Kasab-Nikam.html
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Om Shanti
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By T. N. Raghunatha
The Pioneer
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Mumbai - Dubbing Mohammed Ajmal Kasab as a "killing machine",
"butcher", "human shame", "a person worse than a beast" and a "person
who took vicarious pleasure in killing innocent people", the
prosecution on Tuesday rooted for capital punishment to the Pakistani
terrorist, convicted in the 26/11 attacks case.
A day after Additional Sessions Judge ML Tahaliyani convicted Kasab
for various grave offences, including murder and waging a war against
India, Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam told the trial court:
"What he indulged in were not just cold-blooded murders, but were
frozen blooded murders. If we do not award death penalty to Kasab, we
(India) will continue to remain a soft-target".
The Judge will pronounce sentence to Kasab on Thursday.
"He (Kasab) is a killing machine. And such machines are manufactured
in Pakistan... he is a shame on human race, a heartless person, a
curse to the society, a person worse than a beast. He is a Satan and
rakshasa.... he is an agent of Devil," Nikam said.
"He (Kasab) joined LeT voluntarily, which he himself reveals in his
confession statement... His name is Kasab. In fact, Kasab means
butcher. A butcher cuts a goat, but the crimes that he committed like
the murder of Kuber's navigator Amarchand Solanki prove that he is a
butcher," Nikam said.
"Death penalty is a lesser punishment....but I cannot ask for what is
not prescribed in law. His crime is more heinous," Nikam said.
As Nikam argued in favour of death penalty for the convicted
terrorist, Kasab sat in the dock quietly, with his head down. The
convicted terrorist was often seen covering his face with palms.
Stating that Kasab's offences fitted into the category of "rarest of
the rare case", the Public Prosecutor said the Pakistani terrorist's
acts involved "high degree of cruelty" which made the crime an
exception. "Kasab has an unscrupulous attitude and total disregard
for lives of others. In Kasab's case, there are aggravating
circumstances, whereas there are no mitigating circumstances. It has
undoubtedly been proved that 26/11 was pre-planned and pre-mediated,"
he said.
Alluding to the "unprovoked" and "indiscriminate" firing indulged in
by Kasab at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST), Nikam said that Kasab
was "upset" that he and nine other Pakistani terrorists had arrived
in Mumbai (from Karachi) one and a half hours late on the night of
November 26, 2008.
"He and his accomplice Abu Ismail were supposed to have reached CST
by 7.30 pm on that day. (In his confession) Kasab shamelessly says
that he was unhappy as his travel was delayed. He says that when they
reached CST, they saw lesser number of people than the crowds that
they had been shown in the CD (during their LeT training). He wanted
to make a heap of dead bodies.... He did not get satisfaction with
the toll.... This cannot be even the approach of a wild animal,"
Nikam said.
"Abu (Ismail) and Kasab killed people with design, meticulously. Both
of them killed 72 persons in total which included 14 police
personnel. Most of the victims were helpless, defenceless and there
was no provocation," he said.
The 72 victims included eight women and seven small children. "They
also injured 159 persons. They kept on killing people without
distinction, without discretion. There were young and old. There were
Hindus, Muslims, Jews and Christians...," Nikam said.
Of these 72, as many as 52 had been killed at CST, seven inside Cama
Hospital, nine outside Cama Hospital (including then ATS Hemant
Karkare, Addl CP Ashok Kamte and encounter specialist Vijay
Salaskar), two at Vile Parle (the taxi blast), Tukaram Omble at
Girgaum and Kuber's navigator Amarchand Solanki.
Maintaining that Kasab derived vicarious pleasure in killing people,
Nikam said: "Kasab enjoyed killing people.... As one of the witnesses
has said, he was in a joyous mood at the CST as he shot
indiscriminately at people at CST. The photographs taken by
photojournalists Sebastian D'souza and Shriram Vernekar, as well
their testimonies, clearly established that he enjoyed killing
people."
Quoting extensively from John William Salmond, considered the father
of jurisprudence, Nikam said that Kasab deserved nothing less than
capital punishment.
"Salmond has clearly defined as to why one has to be convicted and
why conviction must be followed by sentence. There are four kinds of
punishment - deterrent, reformative, preventive and retributive.
Kasab cannot be reformed or rehabilitated. He should be handed death
sentence. Such a punishment will serve as a deterrent...that would
meet the end of justice.... Deserving is to be condoned, undeserved
is to be condemned. There must be a perfect equilibrium between
benefits and burden."
In support of his plea for a capital punishment to Kasab, Nikam cited
a series of verdicts, including Bachchan Singh vs State of Punjab,
Macchi Singh vs State of Punjab and Simon vs State of Karnataka.
http://dailypioneer.com/253757/Hang-butcher-killing-machine-Kasab-Nikam.html
More at:
http://www.dailypioneer.com
Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
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purposes of research and open discussion. The contents of this post may not
have been authored by, and do not necessarily represent the opinion of the
poster. The contents are protected by copyright law and the exemption for
fair use of copyrighted works.
o If you send private e-mail to me, it will likely not be read,
considered or answered if it does not contain your full legal name, current
e-mail and postal addresses, and live-voice telephone number.
o Posted for information and discussion. Views expressed by others are
not necessarily those of the poster who may or may not have read the article.
FAIR USE NOTICE: This article may contain copyrighted material the use of
which may or may not have been specifically authorized by the copyright
owner. This material is being made available in efforts to advance the
understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic,
democratic, scientific, social, and cultural, etc., issues. It is believed
that this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as
provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title
17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without
profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included
information for research, comment, discussion and educational purposes by
subscribing to USENET newsgroups or visiting web sites. For more information
go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml
If you wish to use copyrighted material from this article for purposes of
your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the
copyright owner.
Since newsgroup posts are being removed
by forgery by one or more net terrorists,
this post may be reposted several times.