V. D. BHARGAVA, J.

( 1 ) THIS is an application under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution filed by one Pitamber Das who held license of two guns for several years. The license was in the name of his father and in 1937 was changed into his name when his father died. The petitioners servant Ram Adhar on the 11th of January 1955 took one of the guns to the house of the cousin of the petitioner, Seth puranmal, because there was Tilak ceremony. While the petitioner was busy this servant loaded the gun and fired it on the occasion of the tilak ceremony. The gun injured one Ram Khelawan a servant of Kashi and later on the servant was prosecuted under Section 304a of the Indian Penal code and was convicted. Thereafter the petitioner was also prosecuted under Section 22 of the Indian Arms Act but in the circumstances of the case the Magistrate took a lenient view of the case and released him under section 3 of the First Offenders Act on admonition. Thereafter the petitioner applied for the return of the license but the Deputy Commissioner without giving any opportunity to show cause on the 13th of July 1955 cancelled the petitioners license on the ground that the licensee had been conv

Click Here to Read the rest of this document