The names of the accused include Director State Bank Samar Hussain, Joint Director Aftab Iqbal Siddiqui, Second Secretary Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Sadiq Ullah and Assistant Collector Customs Khuda-e-Noor.
The bench comprising Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan and Justice Sardar Tariq Masood heard the case.
During the course of proceedings, the counsel for Customs Collector told the court that the currency was issued after issuing of letter from the State Bank of Pakistan.
The counsel for Khuda-e-Noor told the court that then Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani and then Chairman FBR directed to issue currency.
Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan remarked that the court had not summoned the accused for punishment but it had summoned them for indictment. He asked why accused were allowed to travel abroad as huge amount was captured.
Later, hearing of the case was adjourned for an indefinite period.