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A local court of district Sant Kabir Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, yesterday sent Minister of State for Food and Civil Supplies, Laxmikant alias Pappu Nishad, to 14-day judicial custody in a case lodged in 2006. Nishad had been facing a non-bailable warrant issued from the court. On Friday, Laxmikant Nishad appeared before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Sanjay Kumar Gaur but was denied bail.
Superintendent of Police, Sant Kabir Nagar, Shailesh Kumar Pandey said that a complaint was filed by one woman Chandmati against Laxmikant in a local court in 2006 on different charges including beating , house trespass and criminal intimidation. The court has fixed Monday 11th July as next date for hearing.