New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- The Supreme Court on Monday told four Punjab Police cops accused of assaulting a serving army colonel to show some respect for the force which defends the borders in tough terrains and ensure citizens get to sleep peacefully as it dismissed their appeal and subjected them to a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation.

The alleged incident took place on the intervening night of March 13 and 14 this year when Colonel Pushpinder Singh Bath and his son were eating at a roadside dhaba (eatery) in Patiala.

The cops who claimed to have a good service record had approached the top court against the order of the Punjab & Haryana high court of July 16 when the probe was entrusted to CBI. Earlier, on April 3, a single-judg...