The HC order had come on August 3, 2022, after Pansare’s family had approached it with a request to hand over further probe in the case to the ATS in view of the fact that the SIT had failed to apprehend the two absconding alleged shooters in the case and the masterminds of the conspiracy.
The Bombay High Court has asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) about the status of the investigation into the 2013 murder of rationalist Dr Narendra Dabholkar, while hearing a petition by Mr Dabholkar's daughter Mukta Dabholkar seeking that the court continue to monitor the investigation.
In an important development, the Bombay High Court has transferred the probe into the killing of Communist Paty of India leader Govind Pansare from the Maharashtra Police s CID to the state Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS).A division bench of Justice .