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But he withdrew from the contest, taking his party by surprise. After filing nomination as a Congress candidate for Antagarh(ST) by-poll, Pawar withdrew from the contest at the last moment, paving the way for an easy victory for BJP.Congress leader and former Raipur mayor Dr Kiranmayee Nayak had filed an FIR against them in connection with the alleged by-poll fixing scandal.She pointed out in her complaint that in 2014, Congress had named Pawar as its candidate for the Antagarh by-election. Later, Congress came to know that Ajit Jogi, Amit, Munat and Gupta had lured the Congress candidate by offering money for withdrawing from the contest.Chhattisgarh police had immediately registered an FIR against these five persons under IPC sections 171-F for undue influence in the election, 171-E for bribery, 406 for criminal breach of trust, 420 for cheating, 120 for criminal conspiracy and under two sections of Prevention of Corruption Act. RAIPUR: Former Chhattisgarh PWD minister Rajesh Munat's anticipatory bail plea in connection with the alleged Antagarh by-election 'fixing' scandal of 2014 was rejected by a local court in Raipur on Monday.Petitioner's counsel Ramakant Mishra told TOI that the fourth additional district and session judge Vivek Kumar Verma has rejected the anticipatory bail of former PWD minister Munat, citing that the case is at initial stage of investigation besides collection of evidences and there is no exceptional situation to provide anticipatory bail at this stage.Additional advocate general Satish Chandra Verma, who appeared on behalf of the state, opposed the anticipatory bail plea.On February 3 this year, Chhattisgarh Police had registered a fresh FIR against former chief minister Ajit Jogi , his son Amit, former chief minister Raman Singh 's son-in-law Dr Puneet Gupta, former PWD minister Rajesh Munat and Manthuram Pawar, who was expelled from Congress in connection with the alleged 'fixing' of the 2014 Antagarh by-poll.
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