Overview

• A bench of Justices Sanjay Kumar and Satish Chandra Sharma dismissed the officers’ plea and warned of heavy costs for challenging the probe transfer.
• The court condemned accused Punjab police personnel for violating military respect, noting citizens “sleep peacefully” because soldiers serve at the border.
• Criticism mounted after the Chandigarh SIT failed to make any arrests or issue warrants nearly four months after the FIR was registered.
• Colonel Pushpinder Singh Bath has accused 12 officers of assaulting him and his son, seizing his ID and phone, and threatening a false encounter at a Patiala dhaba.
• With the appeal rejected, the CBI is now empowered to lead the criminal investigation, though no officers have yet been detained.