Kolkata/IBNS, Sept. 24 -- In a partial relief for Congress' Nandigram bypoll candidate Milan Pradhan, the Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed that he not be treated as arrested in a 2007 Khejuri case and ordered police not to take further steps against him in the case until October 12.

The court also reiterated that Pradhan should be allowed to contest the October 6 Nandigram bypoll.

HC relief in 2007 Khejuri case

Pradhan had been taken into custody in connection with several old cases dating back to the 2007 Nandigram land-acquisition agitation.

On Wednesday, a Contai court had remanded him to judicial custody until October 7 in another 2007 case.

However, Thursday's order does not automatically mean Pradhan will be released fr...