Zamurad Mohd. Hanif Khan v. State of Maharashtra
Arms law – Return of seized licence and pistol
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court, Criminal Applications Nos.1326 and 1329 of 2025, N.J. Jamadar J., decided 12 March 2026: return of arms licences and 32-bore pistols with seven-round magazines seized by Ghatkopar Police Station in FIR No.200 of 2024; applicants prosecuted under Section 30 of the Arms Act; earlier rejection (orders dated 11 March 2024) for breach of Rule 17 of the Arms Rules, 2016 due to failure to intimate temporary residence/change of address; licence No.LN1 5305 A7BADA19 / 258/C/DMP/1997 issued by Additional District Magistrate, Poonch, Jammu and Kashmir; applicants now permanently resident at Poonch and not returning to Maharashtra; prosecution (APP P.P. Malshe) did not oppose return; applications allowed, impugned orders quashed and set aside; return directed subject to undertaking on affidavit and indemnity bond before learned Magistrate, consequential orders within one week.