the complainant (on behalf of A1) in the afternoon of 22.09.1994 to collect the money demanded as Rs.1,000/-. It is stated that the complainant had arranged ten currency notes (Ex. P1 to P10) each of the denomination of Rs.100/-, which were treated with phenolphthalein powder in the pre-trap preparatory proceedings in the presence of two independent witnesses and the complainant, suitable instructions given to all concerned and the trap money so treated was handed over to the complainant to be passed on in the event of specific demand during the trap. It is the case for CBI that the trap party, including the shadow witness and the recovery witness, had gone to the vicinity of the shop of the complainant and had parked the vehicles at some close distance, the complainant and the shadow witness having proceeded the shop, rest of the team including recovery witness converging thereupon after receiving the pre-appointed signal given by the shadow witness. It is the case for the prosecution that A2 had come to the shop and had reiterated the demand upon which the complainant had given money to him that was received by A2 and kept in the upper pocket of his shirt (Ex. P11) from where it was recovered by the recovery witness, the subsequent proceedings having been recorded in the recovery memo. It is also the case for the prosecution that A2, upon being interrogated, had disclosed that he had come to collect the money at the instance of A1 and further that the police party thereafter went to the house of A1 from where he was arrested,
