An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Rawalpindi dismissed the application of the FIA to declare Kasab and Faheem Ansari as ‘wanted’ in the Mumbai attack case.
The court’s Judge Rana Nisar Ahmed Khan heard the case at the Adiala Jail Rawalpindi.
Earlier, public prosecutors Chaudhry Zulfiqar and Chaudhry Azhar had urged the judge to declare the accused ‘wanted’. They argued that cases against seven other men arrested for allegedly planning the Mumbai attacks were pending because of Kasab not appearing before the court.
The FIA had filed a petition in April last year with the LHC Rawalpindi bench after the anti-terrorism court refused to declare Kasab and Ansari proclaimed offenders. The bench had directed FIA to approach the trial court in this regard.
The hearing has been adjourned till April 9.
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