Kolkata, Sept. 29 -- The Calcutta high court on Tuesday granted interim bail to Milan Pradhan, the Congress candidate for the Nandigram bypolls, till October 20. Pradhan, who has been in judicial custody since his arrest on September 18 in murder cases dating to 2007, will now be able to campaign for the bypoll, his lawyers said.

"A bench of justice Tirthankar Ghosh granted interim bail to Pradhan till October 20 in all the six cases. He will now be able to campaign," Ajitesh Pandey, Pradhan's advocate said.

Pradhan was arrested on September 18 in a 2007 murder case and later in five other cases, all registered in the same year. Earlier this week two lower courts at Contai and Haldia in East Midnapore sent him to judicial custody till O...