India, Oct. 17 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday deferred hearing on a plea seeking a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the suicide of Haryana IPS officer Y Puran Kumar at his Sector 11 residence in Chandigarh on October 7.

"What's so special about this case? When do we hand over investigation to the CBI? Which are those decisions of the Supreme Court? There have to be some extraordinary circumstances," the bench of chief justice Sheel Nagu and justice Sanjeev Berry observed, asking the petitioner to spell out guidelines framed by the apex court on the transfer of probe to the central agency by high courts.

The court was hearing a petition from Ludhiana resident Navneet Kumar, who claimed to be the president...