Mumbai: A special anti-terrorism court in Mumbai on Thursday pardoned David Coleman Headley, the Pakistani-American plotter of the deadly November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, after he became approver in the case.


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The court has made Headley an approver and granted him pardon in the 26/11 Mumbai attack case, on certain conditions, PTI reported.


Earlier, Headley had said that he is ready to depose in the case if he is granted pardon.


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He was produced at a Mumbai's Special Court at 6:35 pm via video-conferencing. Headley has been charged in 11 offences.


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Headley has accepted the charges.


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He had earlier pleaded guilty in a US court for the same offences.


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“I appeared here, I am ready to answer to questions regarding this event if I receive a pardon from this court,” Headley said.