Dr. Bikas Chand Choudhary v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

Patna High Court CWJC No.4843 of 2016 dt.28-03-2016

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.4843 of 2016 ===========================================================

1. Dr. Bikas Chand Choudhary S/o Sri Mahendra Choudhary Resident of villageGhoswari PS Bakhityarpur District Patna. .... .... Petitioner

Versus

1. The State of Bihar through Home Secretary, Govt. of Bihar.

2. District Magistrate, Patna.

3. The Divisional Commissioner, Patna Division Patna.

4. District Arms Magistrate, Patna.

5. Additional District Magistrate (Arms) Patna.

6. Sr .Superintendent of Police, Patna.

.... .... Respondents =========================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mrs Manisha Pandey, Advocate. Mrs. Shafa Pandey, Advocate.

Mr. Deepak Kumar, Advocate.

For the Respondent/s : Mr. S.K. SINHA- GP15 Mr. Amit Kumar Anand, AC to G.P.15 =========================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE DR. JUSTICE RAVI RANJAN ORAL JUDGMENT Date: 28-03-2016 I have heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State.

The petitioner seeks direction to the District Magistratecum-Licensing Authority, Patna to take a final decision on the application of the petitioner for grant of licence for DBBL gun. Accordingly, I dispose of the writ application directing the District Magistrate-cum-Licensing Authority, Patna to take a final decision in the matter in accordance with law within a period of four months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. However, by doing so, he would be obliged to consider the Family Heirloom Policy of the Central Government as well as the

Patna High Court CWJC No.4843 of 2016 dt.28-03-2016 decision of this Court rendered in Manish Kumar Vrs. State of Bihar and other analogous cases [AIR 2016 Patna 9]. (Dr. Ravi Ranjan, J.) Amit/- U