David Coleman Headley, the Pakistani-American LeT terrorist, was on Thursday made approver by a Mumbai&nbsp;court which granted him pardon in the 26/11 Mumbai terror&nbsp;attack case, a development that may help unravel the&nbsp;conspiracy hatched in Pakistan.
He would depose as a prosecution witness on February 8,&nbsp;2016.
Headley, currently serving 35-year prison sentence in the&nbsp;US for his role in the Mumbai terror attacks, today told the Mumbai&nbsp;sessions court through video link from an undisclosed&nbsp;location, that he was ready to depose if given pardon.
After the special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam told&nbsp;the court that the prosecution was agreeable to Headley's&nbsp;offer, the judge G A Sanap made Headley an approver, subject&nbsp;to certain conditions and granted him pardon.
"I have received the charging document filed against me&nbsp;in this court. It charges me with same conduct for which I was&nbsp;charged in the US. I had pleaded guilty to the charges in the&nbsp;US and I admitted that I was participant in these charges,"&nbsp;Headley told the court earlier this evening.
"I accepted responsibility for my role in those offences&nbsp;in my plea agreement (in US). I also agreed to make myself&nbsp;available as a witness in this court. I appear here ready to&nbsp;answer questions regarding these events if I receive a pardon&nbsp;from this court," he said.
On November 18, the court had said that Headley must be&nbsp;produced through video conference on December 10 as it allowed&nbsp;the Mumbai police's plea to make him an accused.
The police had said he should be tried by the Mumbai&nbsp;court along with the key conspirator Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari&nbsp;alias Abu Jundal.&nbsp;
The police's application also noted that Headley entered&nbsp;into a plea bargain agreement with US authorities in 2010, and&nbsp;thereby willingly and voluntarily agreed that he was part of&nbsp;the conspiracy behind the November 26, 2008 attacks in Mumbai&nbsp;which claimed 166 lives.

Pakistani-American LeT terrorist David Coleman Headley&nbsp;was on Thursday made approver by a Mumbai&nbsp;court which granted him pardon in the 26/11 Mumbai terror&nbsp;attack case, a development that may help unravel the&nbsp;conspiracy hatched in Pakistan

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Pakistani-American LeT terrorist David Coleman Headley&nbsp;was on Thursday made approver by a Mumbai&nbsp;court which granted him pardon in the 26/11 Mumbai terror&nbsp;attack case, a development that may help unravel the&nbsp;conspiracy hatched in Pakistan

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