The Bombay High Court on Friday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) if there were any attempts on the latter's part to "dilute" or "slow down" its probe into the killing of rationalist Dr Narendra Dabholkar. A bench of Justices S C Dharamadhikari and Bharati Dangre posed the question after going through the progress report that the CBI submitted before the court, following the bail of three accused in the case by a Pune court on Thursday.

The CBI, having failed to submit a chargesheet in the case within the 90-day timeframe allotted to it, entitled the three arrested accused in the case - Amol Kale, Rajesh Bangar, and Amit Degwekar - to default bail. Dr Dabholkar was shot on August 20, 2013 by two bike-borne persons on the Omkareshwar Bridge in Pune.