Mumbai: Describing Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab as a person of sound mind, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday, turned down his petition seeking constitution of a medical board to study his psychological profile and mental health.
Justice Ranjana Desai and Justice R V More said Kasab was mentally sound and there was no need to refer him to medical board to assess his psychological profile and mental condition.
The judges said they had interviewed Kasab earlier and he had expressed his wish to come personally to hear the 26/11 proceedings. Kasab had also said that he had no faith in the Indian judiciary and wanted to be tried outside India.
"This showed that he was making statements with a sound mind and clear perception and there was nothing wrong with his frame of mind," the judges noted and dismissed his plea to refer him to a medical board.
The court also rejected Kasab's plea to appoint an NGO working in India and Pakistan to make a study on his family background and circumstances which made him participate in the 26/11 terror attacks for which he was sentenced to death by the trial court.
The judgement comes a day after the High Court rejected Kasab's plea for to set up a medical team to determine whether he was a juvenile.
The High Court is hearing Kasab's appeal against his conviction and also arguments on confirmation of death sentence awarded to him by the trial court for his role in the 26/11 terror attacks.
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