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The court granted prayer three of the application on an interim basis, pending the inter partes hearing and determination of the motion.
The Congress' Nandigram bypoll candidate, Milan Pradhan, has approached the Calcutta High Court, seeking protection from coercion in five ongoing cases. On Monday, his legal team presented the matter to Justice Saugata Bhattacharya for an urgent hearing. Pradhan is currently incarcerated following his arrest in connection with three other old cases, arising from the Nandigram land agitation of 2007.
His counsel states that he was released on bail on September 18 and remanded to custody again by a Haldia court on October 3. Additional arrest warrants for a fourth and fifth case were recently submitted by Khejuri and Nandigram police, respectively. Pradhan's campaign for the bypoll, scheduled for October 6, would be cut short due to the last day of campaigning on October 4.
The court granted the filings, and the hearing is set for Tuesday. On Monday, the Contai court in Purba Medinipur district also remanded Pradhan to 14-day judicial custody, effective until October 5, in a case registered in 2007. His counsel, Ayan Bhattacharjee, plans to challenge this decision in the High Court as well.
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