Justice Khanderparkar remarked, “Even without narco tests, there is sufficient information on record already for the agency to investigate the role of others.”
Rajni’s advocate Mahesh Jethmalani argued that the scientific tests are not the last word in the investigations.
Jethmalani asked why the CBI had mentioned only the names of two persons — Raju Mali, who is already dead, and Raju Sonawane — in the supplementary chargesheet.
Jethmalani also said the probe had suffered due to “suppression of evidence” and gave an example of the eye-witness statement, recorded by the CBI on 25 May 2007, of one Rambhau Pawar, in which the latter had given an account of the murder.
Vishram Patil was murdered on February 21, 2005. The court in July 2007 admitted Rajni's petition and began to supervise further investigations of the case by the CBI.