The high court on Friday dismissed a petition seeking CBI probe into the murder case of Brahmeshwar Singh “Mukhiya”, the former chief of Ranvir Sena.

The division bench of Justice Navin Sinha and Justice Shivaji Pandey dismissed the PIL filed by one Shashikant Sharma.

The bench wanted to know from the petitioner’s counsel, Dinu Kumar, how Sharma is affected when he is not even a relative of Singh. The son of the former leader of the proscribed upper-class militia has not expressed doubt over the investigation being carried out by the state police.

On June 6, 2012, the government had recommended a CBI probe into the killing of Brahmeshwar Singh. He was shot dead around 4.30am while on his morning stroll in Ara, the headquarters of Bhojpur district, 60km west of Patna.

Asked what would be the next course of action, Kumar said he would challenge the high court’s decision in the Supreme Court.