Calcutta HC grants bail to Milan Pradhan, Cong candidate for Nandigram by-polls
- On Tuesday, the Calcutta High Court granted interim bail to Milan Pradhan, the Congress candidate for Nandigram, in all six criminal cases, enabling him to campaign for the by-election scheduled for October 6.
- Authorities arrested Pradhan on September 18 regarding 19-year-old cases from the 2007 Nandigram land agitation, occurring only after he filed his candidacy nomination papers.
- Advocate Ashfak Ahmad alleged political bias, noting others from the 2007 movement remain free, while the court ordered Pradhan to deposit Rs 20,000 bail bond for each of the six cases.
- West Bengal Congress president Shubhankar Sarkar said "honesty has won," while Arpita Pradhan alleged her husband was imprisoned on false charges to prevent his campaign.
- Voters will head to the polls on October 6 for the Nandigram seat vacated by Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, though Pradhan must surrender to the trial court on October 21 regardless of outcome.
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Calcutta HC Grants Interim Bail To Congress Nandigram Bypoll Candidate Milan Pradhan
<p class="isSelectedEnd">Congress candidate Milan Pradhan, who is contesting the Nandigram Assembly bypoll in West Bengal, has received interim relief from the Calcutta High Court. The court granted him interim bail for three weeks, till October 21, allowing him to remain out of custody ahead of the October 6 bypoll.</p> <p class="isSelectedEnd">Justice Tirthankar Ghosh observed that Pradhan was taken into custody only after he had filed his nom…
Calcutta HC grants interim bail to Cong's Nandigram bypoll candidate in six criminal cases
Kolkata, Sep 29 (PTI) The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday granted interim bail to arrested Nandigram bypoll candidate of the Congress, Milan Pradhan, in six criminal cases lodged in 2007. The court granted the Congress candidate relief till October 20, allowing him to campaign for the October 6 bypoll to the Nandigram Assembly seat, vacated […]
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