Judgment

Pattanaik, J.-Leave granted.

2. The State of U.P. is in appeal against the Judgment of the High Court of Allahabad, Lucknow Bench in Criminal Revision No. 177 of 1998 and Criminal Revision No. 225 of 1998. By the impugned Judgment, the High Court allowed both the revisions, filed by the accused and dis­charged the accused persons.

3. Accused Udai Narain is an officer of the Customs Department and accused Reshamwala is a private individual. It is alleged by the prosecution that the Customs Authorities at Jaipur seized a sum of Rs. 21, 23,050/- from said Reshamwala and on that score the matter is pending before the Collector, Customs and Central Excise. Accused Udai Narain is the Additional Collector of Customs at Lucknow. It is fur­ther alleged that on 8.11.93 Reshamwala arrived at Lucknow Airport by Indian Airlines’ Flight. The Police had received an information that some illegal transaction is going to be made between Reshamwala and Udai Narain and, therefore, the D.S.P. had arranged a trap. As soon as, Reshamwala came out of the aircraft and entered the airport lobby, he was received by Udai Narain and then there was some conversation between them which was heard by some pe