JUDGMENT :

1. The present writ petition has been filed for quashing the order dated 06.07.2018 passed by the learned Collector, Arwal in Arms License Case No. 20/DM/2018, whereby and whereunder the application of the petitioner for grant of arms license has been rejected on the ground that there is no threat perception to the petitioner. The petitioner has further challenged the appellate order dated 20.12.2021 passed by the learned Divisional Commissioner, Magadh Division, Gaya in Arms Appeal Case No. 148 of 2018, whereby and whereunder the order dated 06.07.2018, passed by the learned Collector, Arwal has been upheld.

2. The brief facts of the case, according to the petitioner, who is a businessman and a social worker as also General Secretary of Arwal District Footwall Sangh, is that he had, for safety of his life and property, applied for grant of arms license before the learned Collector, Arwal in the year 2017, whereafter police verification was made and the Sub-Divisional Police Officer, Arwal had recommended for grant of arms license to the petitioner, however, the learned Collector, Arwal has dismissed the application of the petitioner for grant of arms license by an order d