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Red Fort Attack Case Of 2000: Supreme Court Affirms Death Penalty Of LeT Terrorist

PTINov 03, 2022, 01:57 PM | Updated 01:57 PM IST

The Supreme Court of India.


The Supreme Court on Thursday (3 November) 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 22 December 2000 and had opened indiscriminate fire leading to the death of three.

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