Calcutta High Court asks state to allow Congress' Nandigram by-poll candidate to contest if he gets bail
Pradhan was sent to judicial custody on Saturday by the Haldia Sub-Divisional Court till October 3 in four pending non-bailable arrest warrants linked to cases in Nandigram dating back to 2007. On Monday, the Contai court sent the Congress candidate to 14-day judicial custody, till October 5, in a case under the Arms Act registered nearly two decades ago.
By-poll in Nandigram is slated for October 6.
The campaign ends on October 4, and the counting of votes is scheduled for October 9. The Congress candidate's counsel, Ayan Bhattacharjee, had said that he would challenge the Contai court's order before the Calcutta High Court.
While hearing an application filed by Pradhan on Monday seeking protection from coercive action in six cases registered against him, the court was informed by the state that five of them were withdrawn by the previous government and he was not wanted in the other.
Pradhan's lawyer said that he was arrested on September 18 in connection with cases lodged during the anti-land acquisition movement in Nandigram in 2007, only after the Congress candidate received support from the Mamata Banerjee-led faction of the TMC for the by-poll.
Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya verbally told Additional Advocate General Rajdeep Majumdar, representing the state that Pradhan be allowed to contest the election properly, provided he gets bail.
The additional advocate general clarified before the court of Justice Bhattacharyya that there were 11 criminal cases against Pradhan. He submitted that Pradhan was not wanted in the six cases which were mentioned by his lawyer and for which he has sought protection from coercive police action.
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