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MOHIT KUMAR SHAH
Ranjan Kumar Mandal – Appellant
Versus
State of Bihar – Respondent
Mohit Kumar Shah, J.—The present writ petition has been filed for quashing the order dated 15.3.2018, passed by the District Magistrate, Khagaria, whereby and whereunder the application of the petitioner for grant of arms license has been rejected. The petitioner has further prayed for quashing the order dated 15.11.2019, passed by the Divisional Commissioner, Munger Division, Munger, whereby and whereunder the appeal filed by the petitioner bearing Arms Appeal No. 50 of 2019 has also been dismissed and the order dated 15.3.2018, passed by the District Magistrate, Khagaria, in Arms License Case No. 15 of 2018, has been upheld.
2. The learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is an ex-military man and after superannuation, he has been running a petrol pump under the Parbatta Police Station, District-Khagaria, for his livelihood. It is stated that the petitioner had filed an application for grant of arms license before the District Magistrate, Khagaria, in the prescribed format on 29.01.2013 and upon enquiry, the Sub-Divisional Officer, Gogari, vide letter dated 16.07.2014, had recommended for grant of arms license to the petitioner, whereafter recommendatio
The absence of an actual threat perception cannot be the sole ground for denying an arms license, and licensing authorities must consider the applicant's profession and circumstances as per the Arms ....
Threat perception is not a requirement for granting an arms license under the Arms Act.
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