RAM SHANKAR Vs. STATE OF U P

JUDGEMENT

(1.) PETITIONER applied for a firearm licence for possession of a S. B. B. L. gun. It is stated that the police gave a report in favour of the petitioner. On 31-7-1974 the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Bindki in the district of Fatehpur, passed an order as under: "Seen the enquiry reports. Need does not appear genuine. The appli cation is rejected." The petitioner preferred an appeal against the order of the Sub-Divisional Magistrate. The District Magistrate, Fatehpur on 11-11-1974 passed an order in the following terms: "Heard arguments. I have also gone through the enquiry reports on the file. There is already a. weapon in the village. I, therefore, do not find any justification to interfere in the order of the lower Court. The appeal is rejected accordingly."

(2.) BY means of this petition the petitioner challenges the above quoted orders.