The judge will deliver a verdict on May 3 on 22-year-old Mohammed Ajmal Qasab, said to be the lone surviving gunman from the attacks, which traumatised India and strained already tense relations with Pakistan.

The prosecution has demanded the death penalty for Qasab and presented evidence it considers overwhelmingly proves his guilt, including a photo of him carrying an AK-47 machine gun through the main train terminal in Mumbai.

The school dropout is accused on scores of charges including waging war against India and murder over three days of carnage from Nov. 26-29 which targeted luxury hotels, a restaurant, the railway station and a Jewish center.

“Now my job begins. May 3 will be the day of judgment,” Judge M. L. Tahaliyani said after final legal arguments in the special courtroom set up in a prison in Mumbai.

Qasab, dressed in a traditional long white shirt from his native state of Punjab, in Pakistan, was subdued as the trial ended.

During his final arguments earlier this month, state prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam had called Qasab a “conniving, depraved murderer” who was trained by the Pakistan-based extremist group Lashkar-e-Taiba.

Qasab initially pleaded not guilty when the trial started in April, but in July made a shock confession, admitting being one of two gunmen who opened fire at the train station.

Qasab and an alleged accomplice who died are accused of taking part in the bloodiest episode in the 60-hour reign of terror, opening fire with AK-47 assault rifles and throwing grenades in the train station.

Some 52 people died and 109 others were wounded there.

The judge in Mumbai will also give his verdict on two Indian men — Fahim Ansari and Sabahuddin Ahmed — who are accused of helping the gunmen plan the attacks. Both deny the charges.

— With input from agencies