Judge M L Tahilyani of Special Court in Arthur Road jail Mumbai will pronounce the quantum of sentence to Ajamal Amir Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist of the November 26 terror strike. Earlier on Tuesday, Judge Tahaliyani heard the arguments of the prosecution, led by special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam, for over three hours and the arguments of the defense led by Kasab’s counsel K P Pawar for an hour after which he reserved his judgment for today. Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam argued for the death penalty for Kasab. He said the 26/11 attack met the criterion of ‘the rarest of rare cases,’ in terms of its brutality and the scale of premeditation. Stripped of humanity, Kasab was ‘a killing machine,’ unrepentant of his acts and the death penalty alone would serve the ends of justice. <br/>Defence lawyer K.P. Pawar pleaded for the lighter sentence of life imprisonment. He argued that Kasab, a young man, had committed the offences under the domination of his Lashkar bosses. Given his young age, Kasab had formulated incorrect notions about religion and should be given a chance to reform himself. <br/>Kasab has already been convicted of various crimes, and among the serious charges he has been found guilty of waging war against nation and committing murder, which carry the punishment of death or life imprisonment. <br/>