Writ petition directed at non-disposal of arms license application filed by petitioner. Petitioner withdrew main prayer filing fresh application.
Petitioner directed to file fresh application for arms license within four weeks; authority directed to decide it within twelve weeks.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.1111 of 2021
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Manikant Kumar son of Madhusudan Sharma resident of Court Area, S.B.I., Barh, Police Station- Barh, District- Patna.
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====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Gajendra Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Respondent/s : Mr.Lalit Kishore (AG) ======================================================
CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MOHIT KUMAR SHAH ORAL ORDER
2 22-07-2022
Though the present writ petition has been filed for directing the District Magistrate-cum-Arms Magistrate, Patna to dispose off the pending case of the petitioner for grant of arms license but the learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner would be filing a fresh application, as per the provisions contained in the Arms Rule, 2016, however, direction be issued to the District Magistrate-cum-Arms Magistrate, Patna to dispose off the same within a stipulated time frame.
Accordingly, the present writ petition stands disposed off as not pressed, however, with liberty to the petitioner to file a fresh application for grant of arms license and in case such an
Patna High Court CWJC No.1111 of 2021(2) dt.22-07-2022 2/2
application is filed within a period of four weeks from today, the same shall be decided and disposed off by the District Magistrate-cum-Arms Magistrate, Patna, within a period of 12 weeks, thereafter.
The writ petition stands disposed off on the aforesaid
terms.
(Mohit Kumar Shah, J)
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1 provisions across 1 enactments
Manikant Kumar
The State of Bihar through the Home Secretary, Government of Bihar, Patna
The District Magistrate-cum- Arms Magistrate, Patna
The Senior Superintendent of Police, Patna
The Sub Divisional Officer, Barh, Patna
The Sub Divisional Police Officer, Barh, Patna
MOHIT KUMAR SHAH
As recorded by the court registry
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