<p>It also asserted that the case will be fast-tracked and the Pakistani terrorist will be hanged in the next one year. <br /><br />Union Law Minister M Veerappa Moily said even if the case goes to the higher courts, it will be heard speedily and the killer will be hanged “in the next one year.”<br /><br />Kasab, the only terrorist to be caught alive, has been pronounced guilty of killing innocent people in the 26/11 attack and sentenced to death by hanging by a special court in Mumbai recently. The case will now go to the Bombay High Court.<br /><br />Moily said that if Kasab appealed against his death sentence then it would be fast tracked and the Pakistani terrorist hanged in a year. “Kasab committed a barbaric act in front of so many witnesses,” the minister added. <br /><br />Union Home Secretary G K Pillai took a slightly different stand as he remarked:“It all depends whether he is going to file appeal in the High Court and the Supreme Court... and then the mercy petition. If he doesn’t file any appeal anywhere, I think the chances of him getting hanged this year are quite high.”<br /><br /> He added: “If there is no petition from him (Kasab) challenging the sessions court verdict in the higher court...he can be hanged by year-end.”<br /><br />Both Moily and Pillai were speaking to TV news channels separately. Asked about the status of Parliament attack case convict Afzal Guru’s mercy petition, Pillai said: “It is with the government for consideration.”</p>
<p>It also asserted that the case will be fast-tracked and the Pakistani terrorist will be hanged in the next one year. <br /><br />Union Law Minister M Veerappa Moily said even if the case goes to the higher courts, it will be heard speedily and the killer will be hanged “in the next one year.”<br /><br />Kasab, the only terrorist to be caught alive, has been pronounced guilty of killing innocent people in the 26/11 attack and sentenced to death by hanging by a special court in Mumbai recently. The case will now go to the Bombay High Court.<br /><br />Moily said that if Kasab appealed against his death sentence then it would be fast tracked and the Pakistani terrorist hanged in a year. “Kasab committed a barbaric act in front of so many witnesses,” the minister added. <br /><br />Union Home Secretary G K Pillai took a slightly different stand as he remarked:“It all depends whether he is going to file appeal in the High Court and the Supreme Court... and then the mercy petition. If he doesn’t file any appeal anywhere, I think the chances of him getting hanged this year are quite high.”<br /><br /> He added: “If there is no petition from him (Kasab) challenging the sessions court verdict in the higher court...he can be hanged by year-end.”<br /><br />Both Moily and Pillai were speaking to TV news channels separately. Asked about the status of Parliament attack case convict Afzal Guru’s mercy petition, Pillai said: “It is with the government for consideration.”</p>
