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The Supreme Court said that the army people should be respected. You are sleeping peacefully in your home because the army is posted on the range of 40 degrees temperature.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed against the Punjab Police personnel handing over the investigation of the alleged attack on a colonel over the parking dispute in March. The Supreme Court said that you are sleeping peacefully in your house as the army is stationed on the border. The incident of assault with Colonel Pushpinder Singh Bath and his son took place on the night of 13 and 14 March. When the father and son were eating food at a dhaba on the roadside in Patiala. A bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma dismissed the appeal filed by the accused police officers against an order from the Punjab and Haryana High Court. Said to respect the army people. You are sleeping peacefully in your home because the army is posted on the range of 40 degrees temperature. The bench further said that we reject this appeal. Such anarchy cannot be tolerated. Let the CBI investigate it. They go to defend you and come back wrapped in the national flag.
The victim expressed suspicion on police investigation
Advocate Sumir Sodhi appeared on behalf of Colonel Bath in the case. The accused police officials had moved the apex court against the 16 July order of the High Court to transfer the investigation to the CBI. This direction of the court came two days after the High Court reprimanded the Chandigarh police for the investigation of the case. On April 3, the High Court handed over the investigation into the assault case to the Chandigarh Police and directed him to complete the investigation within four months. The petitioner said that the Chandigarh police failed to conduct an independent and fair investigation in the case. A special investigation team led by Chandigarh Superintendent of Police Manjit Sheoran was being investigated. The petition said that the investigation of the case was transferred to the Chandigarh Police on April 3, 2025 and it is being said with great disappointment that despite the FIR being registered for more than three and a half months and three months of handing over to the Chandigarh Police, neither a single accused has been arrested nor any accused has been linked to the investigation.
Colonel and son were attacked in parking dispute
He said that apart from this, the petitioner’s argument about any conscious effort by the investigating agency is confirmed by the fact that no non-bailable warrant, no PO (declared criminal) action or any other legal action from the concerned investigating agency has not been started. Colonel Bath has accused 12 Punjab police personnel of attacking him and his son over a parking dispute and demanded the investigation to an independent agency, preferably to the CBI. In the event of provocation, his identity card and mobile phone were taken away and he was threatened with a fake encounter. Before handing over the investigation to the Chandigarh Police, Bath alleged that a fair investigation under the Punjab Police is not possible.
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