ANAND PRAKASH PANDEY Vs. COMMISSIONER FAIZABAD REGION

JUDGEMENT

(1.) IN this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution the suspension of the petitioner's licence of a single barrel gun under Section 17 of the INdian Arms Act has been challenged.

(2.) IT appears that in respect of an offence which took place on 30-1-1983, the applicant Anand Prakash was prosecuted for an offence under section 307/325/336 IPC for having caused injuries by firing at Krishna Prasad and others. In this connection the gun of the petitioner was seized by the police. The petitioner also filed the cross FIR against Krishna Prasad and others for offence under section 147/148/149/324 IPC ; both the cases are pending.

(3.) THE question arising in this writ petition is a very short one and both the learned counsel for the parties have agreed that the petition itself may be disposed of on merits. It appears to me that the matter regarding an interim order basically raises those very questions which concern the merits of the writ petition and therefore I proceed to decide the writ petition on merits.