Calcutta High Court grants interim bail to Congress Nandigram bypoll candidate Milan Pradhan
The Calcutta High Court granted interim bail to Congress candidate Milan Pradhan, who was arrested shortly after filing his nomination for the Nandigram bypolls. The court noted the cases were linked to the 2007 Nandigram agitation and allowed him to campaign until his surrender date.
Why it matters
The case underscores the intersection of historical political agitation, legal proceedings, and current electoral processes in West Bengal.
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday (September 29, 2026) granted interim bail to Milan Pradhan, the Congress candidate for Nandigram Assembly bypolls. Mr. Pradhan was arrested on September 18, 2026, over an FIR filed 19 years ago in a case related to the 2007 Nandigram agitation.
Justice Tirthankar Ghosh, while granting bail to the Congress candidate, said that he was taken into custody only after filing his nomination papers and that the cases against him stemmed from the 2007 Nandigram agitation.
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