WP.Nos.5466 & 5470 of 2020 economic and organised crimes, most of which are hatched in the most secretive of manners. In most of the circumstances, threat to public safety is from hidden factor which are neither apparent nor obvious to the general public and members of the law enforcement community and the information about these circumstances and factors cannot be connected by any other reasonable means. In addition, most of such information, is sensitive in nature, which may not be circulated in the public domain. Therefore, the first respondent passed the order to intercept phone messages of the petitioners herein. 12. In pursuant to the report submitted as directed by the order impugned in these writ petitions, the second respondent registered the case against the petitioners and others for the offences punishable under Section 120(b) read with 7, 12 and 13 (2) read with 13(1)(d) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 alleging that all the accused persons conspired together in order to cause minimum damage to the assessee third accused in the matter pertaining to covering up of huge undisclosed investments unearthed during search and to finalise the assessment with minimum penalty and fine. In pursuant to the said conspiracy, the first accused demanded Rs.8 lakhs as illegal gratification from the second accused as a motive or reward for showing http://www.judis.nic.in 17/22