NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court took a dim view on Thursday of the CBI 's reluctance to share the details of progress in its probe against Rakesh Asthana even with its own lawyers.

Terming it "unfortunate", Justice Mukta Gupta wondered why the agency has "no confidence" in its own prosecutors and has not shown its status report on the probe in a bribery case involving the agency's then special director, Rakesh Asthana, and others.

"It is unfortunate that even the (CBI) counsel are not privy to it (status report). If you have no confidence in your counsel, what does it show? If your own counsel is not supposed to read it, why should I," the judge remarked.

In response, additional solicitor general Vikramjit Banerjee, appearing for the CBI, told the court that the report was not shown to anyone due to sensitivity of the matter and is meant to be examined only by the judge. However, the court did not agree.

On Thursday, the court said it will hear the matter on April 4. The agency sought more time as the 10 weeks granted to it by the HC in January to complete the probe had ended.

