Colonel Assault Case: Punjab Government Directed To File Reply By March 28

The plea of Colonel Pushpinder Singh Bath — who has accused 12 Punjab Police personnel of assaulting him and his son Angad on March 13 over a parking dispute in Patiala — seeking transfer of probe to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) or another independent agency was taken up by the bench of justice Sandeep Moudgil, which questioned the police on procedural lapses reported in the case.

“This court would not shy of taking note here that such lapses, if substantiated, do erase the faith of citizens in the law enforcing agency and the governance of state entrusted with maintaining law and order,” it observed.

The government has been asked to tell the court about the name of the officer who was informed by the petitioner regarding the incident, and reasons for the officer’s refusal to take action.