India, March 25 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Tuesday questioned Punjab Police on the delay in registering an FIR after the assault on Colonel Pushpinder Singh Bath and his son Angad in Patiala around midnight on March 13 and sought a detailed affidavit.

The court wanted to know why the first case was registered on the complaint of the dhaba owner when the medical report of the victims was available. The court gave the Punjab government two days to provide details on who tried to delay the registration of the criminal case.

The court was hearing Colonel Bath's plea, seeking the transfer of the probe into the FIR registered by Patiala police in the assault case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

The petition also so...