4. Indisputably, in the year 1996 a criminal case was lodged against the petitioners as also their family members for misusing the arms for which licence was issued to the petitioners. The arms licence was originally suspended by the licensing authority and thereafter show cause notice was issued to the petitioners as to why their licence be not cancelled for violation of terms and conditions of licence and for being accused in a criminal case. The show cause filed by the petitioners were not found satisfactory and, therefore, after giving an opportunity of hearing, by the impugned final order dated 07.10.1997, their arms licence was cancelled by the respondent District Magistrate. The order of cancellation has been affirmed by a reasoned order passed by the appellate authority. Indisputably, when the impugned orders were passed, the petitioners were still accused in the aforesaid criminal case and they had violated the terms and conditions of the licence. Therefore, the impugned order, as contained in Annexure-6 cancelling the arms licence of the petitioners cannot be legally faulted merely on the ground that subsequently they have been acquitted in the aforesaid criminal case in the year 2009 by giving
