Amit Kumar v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.17869 of 2015 ====================================================== Amit Kumar Son of late Gopi Krishna Sharma Resident of Mohalla- Purani Bazar, P.s & District Jamui.

.... .... Petitioner

Versus

1. The State of Bihar

2. The District Magistrate, Jamui.

3. The Superintendent of Police, Jamui.

4. The Deputy Collector , Legal Cell, Jamui.

5. The Sub-Divisional Police Officer, Jamui.

6. The Station House officer, Jamui Police Station Jamui. .... .... Respondents ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioners : Mr. Satya Prakash Parasar, Adv For the State : Mr. Sanjay Pandey, G.P. 21 : Mr. Nishant Kumar Jha, A.C. to G.P. 21 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE DR. JUSTICE RAVI RANJAN ORAL ORDER 30-11-2015 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. Petitioner seeks direction to the District Magistrate-cumLicensing Authority, Patna, to take a decision upon the application filed by him for grant of firearm licence for revolver. It is contended that though the petitioner filed an application for grant of arms licence on 18.05.2012 but no final decision has yet been taken.

Accordingly, this writ application is disposed of with a direction to the licensing authority to take a decision in the case of the petitioner in accordance with law within a period of two months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order,

Patna High Court CWJC No.17869 of 2015 (2) dt.30-11-2015 if the said decision has not been taken and while taking such decision, the licensing authority would be obliged to consider the decision of this Court rendered in Manish Kumar v. State of Bihar and other analogous cases (2015(4) Patna Law Journal Reports 212).

(Dr. Ravi Ranjan, J) SC/- U