JUDGMENT :

PRASANNA B. VARALE, J.

1. The present appeals arise from the impugned order dated 27.05.2019 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench in Criminal Appeal Nos. 967, 964 and 963 of 2014, wherein the High Court allowed all the three appeals of the accused respondents and acquitted the respondents of the charges levelled against them. Aggrieved by the same, the State has preferred the present appeals.

BRIEF FACTS

2. The factual matrix of the case is that on 05.01.1995, R.K. Srivastava, Superintendent, Central Excise, A.K. Gaba, Inspector, Central Excise and Alok Gupta, Inspector, Central Excise had visited M/s Prime Products, Kursi Road, Barabanki and also inspected the adjoining factory, namely, M/s Amoli Ceraplast Ltd. R.K. Srivastava along with other co-accused persons had seized all the available records of M/s Amoli Ceraplast Ltd. without giving any acknowledgement. Thereafter, the complainant Kuldeep Tiwari, Retainer Consultant, visited the office of R.K. Srivastava on 10.01.1995 at about 10.00 P.M. and asked him to return all the documents which they have taken away with them from the factory but R.K. Srivastava had said to the complainant that un