JUDGMENT

1. Heard Mr. W. Darakishwor, learned senior panel counsel appearing for the petitioner and Mr. Ch. Ngongo, learned counsel appearing for the respondents.

The present criminal revision petition has been filed under Section 397 Cr.P.C. with a prayer for setting aside the impugned Zima order dated 26.02.2021 passed by the learned Special Judge (P.C. Act), Imphal East in Cril. Misc. (Zima) Case No. 2 of 2021 and Cril. Misc. Case No. 9 of 2021.

2. The facts of the present case in a nutshell is that the petitioner (CBI) registered a case being FIR No. R.C. 1A/2020/CBI/ACB/Imphal U/S 13 (2) r/w 13 (1) (b) of P.C. Act 1988 (as amended in 2018) against the present respondent No. 1 for alleged possession of pecuniary resources or properties disproportionate to his known source of income. Immediately after registration of the said FIR, the Officials of the CBI conducted a search operation at the residential premises of the respondent No. 1 on 31.01.2020 and seize a large number of documents and articles by preparing a search-cum-seizure memo dated 31.01.2020 and the seized articles were kept in the custody of the CBI.

3. The respondents No. 1 & 2, who are husband and wife, filed an appli