Chandigarh, July 17 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Wednesday transferred the probe into the alleged assault on Colonel Pushpinder Singh Bath and his son by Punjab Police personnel in Patiala on March 13 to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The high court asserted that the purpose of the investigation is to bring out the truth and not to suppress the same and weighing the facts and circumstances of the case, the court finds that there are "no prospects of free and fair investigation" in the case by Chandigarh police. The probe was entrusted out of the state to ensure an impartial investigation but the court finds "no change in the situation", it added. "..From the overwhelming circumstances of the case, the court is convinced that the investigating agency is not only trying to create loopholes in the investigation, but trying to make craters in the investigation so as to ensure that once the chargesheet is filed before the court, the case of the prosecution should hardly be able to crawl in the court," the bench of justice Rajesh Bhardwaj said while ordering CBI probe into two connected FIRs registered in Patiala. Colonel Bath and his 21-year-old son Angad were allegedly assaulted by police officers over a parking dispute outside a roadside eatery near Government Rajindra Hospital in Patiala on March 13. The army officer, in his complaint, alleged that the cops in civil dress asked him to move his car, as they had to park theirs. When the colonel objected to their rude tone, the officers thrashed him and his son. Based on the colonel's complaint, a first information report (FIR) was registered initially against unnamed police officers and later inspectors Ronny Singh, Harjinder Dhillon, Harry Boparai and two more cops, Rajveer and Surjeet Singh, were named in the FIR. The case was originally probed by Punjab Police before the high court handed the case to Chandigarh Police on a plea filed by the colonel, who sought a probe by CBI or an independent agency. A special investigation team (SIT) led by Chandigarh Police SP Manjeet Sheoran was constituted on April 11 to probe the matter. However, on July 14, Colonel Bath filed a fresh petition alleging the SIT's "reticence and reluctance" to impartially investigate the FIR, and sought directions for the CBI probe. During the hearing on Wednesday, Bath's counsel, Preetinder Singh Ahluwalia submitted that "authorities are orchestrating the investigation to dismantle the case". He also questioned how attempt to murder charge was dropped, which dilutes the case against accused cops even as facts of the case remains the same, he submitted. Punjab and Chandigarh police both had opposed the demand of CBI probe. The court while entrusting the probe to CBI said that it cannot be a mute spectator to the conduct of the investigating agency in conducting the probe in a "tainted manner". The offence of attempt to murder has already been deleted by the SIT even as investigation is not complete, which "substantiates the apprehension" of the petitioner that the SIT is proceeding in a tainted manner to give benefit to the accused, it recorded. It added that other offences in the FIR are also non-bailable, but the SIT has no answer regarding its conduct in not arresting the accused and if they are not traceable, taking other measures to bring them to justice. "I'm exhausted, but the fight for justice will continue. The high court order of transferring the probe from Chandigarh Police to the CBI has reignited hope for justice. This case shows how difficult it is to get justice when you are fighting against the police. This is not my fight alone for my husband. This is also a fight for the mothers of innocent youngsters who have been victim of police excesses," Jasvinder Kaur Bath, colonel's wife said after the court's decision....