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Prayagraj: Slain Umesh Pal's widow, Jaya Pal, has said that she hoped for capital punishment for mafia don Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf but added that she will not challenge the court order in higher court. Jaya Pal said, "We seek justice from Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath who is like our father. We have been fighting against Atiq and his gang and it is time to end 'terrorism' once and for all. I will carry forward the fight that my husband was fighting because I want justice and not terror. I want his terror to end." Pal's mother Shanti Pal said, "My son always fought like a lion and Atiq and his brother should be given the death penalty for killing Umesh and two police gunners. We cannot fight against Atiq and his family members alone. We request Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to give justice to us." Atiq Ahmad, meanwhile, said before being taken back to Ahmedabad, that his lawyers would appeal against the verdict. "I have respect for the judiciary, but 'sazaa galat hui hai (the punishment has been wrongly dealt)'. I intend to appeal the verdict in the high court," he said. Atiq Ahmad and two others were given a life sentence by the MP/MLA court in Prayagraj on Tuesday. The three accused -- Atiq, Saulat Hanif, a lawyer, and Dinesh Pasi -- have been convicted under Section 364A, which provides punishment for kidnapping a person and putting the person concerned in danger of being murdered, and other sections of Indian Penal Code. The maximum punishment under this section is death sentence. This is the first conviction of Atiq, who is facing 101 criminal cases, 52 of them under trial. The special MP/MLA court acquitted Atiq's brother Ashraf and six other accused, saying the prosecution 'failed to prove beyond reasonable dou ...