The Supreme Court today stayed the execution of death sentence of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist Mohommed Arif alias Ashfaq in the 2000 Red Fort attack case in which three people, including two Army jawans, were killed.

A bench headed by Chief Justice R M Lodha also issued notice to the Centre on Arif's plea seeking its direction for his release on the ground that he has already spent over 13 years behind bars and he should not be hanged after such a long period.

He submitted that execution of his death sentence would amount to punishing him twice for the crime as he has already spent over 13 years which is nearly equivalent to life imprisonment.

The petition also said that he has been suffering from physical and mental illness due to the long delay in judicial proceedings as also on the part of the government in executing the sentence.



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