JUDGMENT :

MANISH CHOUDHURY, J.

1. In this writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner has assailed an order dated 15.12.2019 passed by the District Magistrate, Dibrugarh, whereby, the arms license bearing no. 10544/III issued to the petitioner earlier, has been cancelled. A perusal of the order dated 15.12.2019 goes to show that the District Magistrate, Dibrugarh has passed the said order of cancellation of the arms licence in exercise of the powers conferred upon him under the provisions of the Arms Act, 1959 and the Arms Rules, 2016.

2. I have heard Mr. P. Talukdar, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. K. Goswami, learned Additional Senior Government Advocate, Assam for the State respondents.

3. Mr. Talukdar, learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the arms licence of the petitioner was cancelled by the impugned order and in the impugned order dated 15.12.2019, a reference has been made to a case registered on the basis of a First Information Report (FIR) lodged by one Sri Sunil Das. The said FIR was registered as Moran