26/11 attacks: Pak gunman Kasab appeals against death row

Lone surviving Pakistani gunman Ajmal Amir Kasab, who is facing the death sentence for the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, has moved the Bombay High Court against the capital punishment.

The appeal against the death sentence was made before the High Court on Tuesday by Kasab?s lawyer Amin Solkar, reports said on Wednesday.

The defence lawyers have raised questions over the evidence used in the trial, the identification parade and the validity of the confessional statement among others.

The hearing on the appeal will commence on October 18.

Meanwhile, the High Court on Wednesday dismissed Kasab?s petition for a private interview with his lawyers.

The court ruled that jail staff must be present close during any meeting between Kasab and his lawyers.

On Tuesday, prosecution had submitted a closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage showing Kasab attacking a jail superintendent at the high security Arthur Road jail here on September one.

Submitting the CCTV footage, the prosecution maintained that Kasab was a dangerous man and presence of jail staff near him was necessary.

Kasab, the lone surviving Mumbai gunman, was convicted with 86 charges by special judge ML Tahaliyani on May 3, 2010, with the charges ranging from waging war against the nation to indulging in terror acts.

He was among the ten terrorists who had launched on a 60-hour audacious attack on the night of November 26, 2008, on India?s financial capital Mumbai.