The court opined that if the committee wanted, it could file its observations in a sealed cover to the court.

The state government had last week told the state assembly, which is in session here, it was ready to transfer the investigations of the case to the CBI provided the state high court agreed to the government's request.

The rape and murder of two local women, Nilofar Jan, 22, and her sister-in-law Asiya Jan, 17, in Shopian town on May 30 caused outrage across the valley.

The state government had suspended and arrested four police officers, including the then district police chief, a deputy superintendent of police, an inspector and an assistant sub-inspector, on charges of destroying crucial evidence in the case.

The central forensic laboratory (CFL) in New Delhi had observed that the vaginal swabs of the two victims had been fudged as they did not match the visceral and other samples sent to the CFL for DNA mapping.

The district and sessions judge in Shopian had turned down the bail applications of the four accused policemen, maintaining as the investigations in the case were at a crucial stage, the accused could interfere with the investigations if released at this stage.