The bench also asked the local police to show all their evidence against the police officers to the sessions court.

The apex court, which had July 22 stayed the state high court order for narco test of the police officers, told the state government that if police needed to conduct the test, it would separately take permission from the lower court for the purpose.

The two officers had moved the apex court July 17, challenging the high court's order for their arrest and collection of blood samples for preparing the DNA profile. The police officers contended the order was passed without hearing them during adjudication of a public interest lawsuit to which they were not parties.

The lawsuit had been filed by the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association in connection with rape and murder of 17-year-old Asiya Jan and her 22-year-old sister-in-law Neelofar, whose bodies were recovered near a stream in Shopian May 30, triggering massive protests in the Kashmir Valley.

Mattoo and Baskotra and two other police officers have been accused of destroying evidence in the case.

The police officers said the directions of the high court, which also asked them to undergo narco analysis tests, were 'not sustainable' and 'in violation of principles of natural justice'.

'The high court has passed an order which affects the very fundamental right of every citizen,' their petition said.