S.B. SINHA, J.

1. In this writ application the petitioner has prayed for issuance of a writ of or in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to forbear from giving effect to the seizure dated 18.6.1987 and the prosecution lauched as against the petitioners pursuant thereto being Complaint No. C-2 625/87 and for a further declaration that sub-sections (2), (3) and (4) of Section 3 of the Arms Act is ultra vires and unconstitutional or in the alternative declare that Section 3 (2) thereof is restricted to natural person alone and thus have no application in respect of a juristic person.

2. The petitioner have filed an application for amendment of the writ petition and therein, inter alia, it has been prayed that the orders which are contained in Annexure-6, 6/A, 6/B, 6/C, 6/D, 6/E and Annexure 7 and 7/A as also Annexure-8 and 8/A be also quashed, by issuance of an appropriate writ.

3. The fact of the matter may be noticed in brief.

4. The petitioner no. 1 is an existing company within the meaning of the Companies Act, 1956. Petitioner nos. 2 and 3 are its Chairman-cum-Managing Director and the Divisional Manager of Security Services respectively.

5. The petitioner-compan