Pravesh Yadav v. State of U.P. and Another

Court No. - 6 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 34785 of 2023 Petitioner :- Pravesh Yadav Respondent :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Sikandar B. Kochar,Manoj Kumar Tripathi Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Mrs. Manju Rani Chauhan,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for the State-respondent. This writ petition has been filed with a prayer to direct the respondents no. 2/District Magistrate, Azamgarh to consider the application for grant of arms license of revolver/pistol to the petitioner in view of the fact that the petitioner is victim/injured witnes in Case Crime No. 249 of 2018, under sections 302, 307 IPC, Police Station Sidhari, District Azamgarh. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is an injured witness in an incidence for which an FIR was lodged on

02.12.2018 by petitioner's father under sections 147, 148, 149, 302 and 307 IPC, hence requires fire arms license and placed an application in the 2019 but nothing has been done till date, therefore, a direction may be issued to respondent no.2 to decide the application of the petitioner within stipulated period. The learned Standing Counsel has no objection to the submission made by the counsel for the petitioner. No useful purpose would be served by keeping this petition pending in view of the order, which the Court proposes to pass hereunder. Without entering into the controversy involved in the writ petition, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent no. 2 to decide the aforesaid application of the petitioner in accordance with law after giving opportunity of hearing to the parties concerned, by means of a reasoned and speaking order, expeditiously preferably within a period of four months, from the date of production of a certified copy of this order, if there is no legal impediment. It is made clear that this Court has not examined the merits of the claim of the petitioner and the authority concerned shall apply its own mind strictly in accordance with law. Order Date :- 2.12.2023 Arti High Court of Judicature at Allahabad