Mohit Jaiswal v. State of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief/Prin. Secy. Home, Lko. and 2 Others

Court No. - 17 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 10362 of 2023 Petitioner :- Mohit Jaiswal Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief/Prin. Secy. Home, Lko. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Rahul Kapoor,Akhilesh Kumar Kalra Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Alok Mathur,J.

¶1Heard Sri Rahul Kapoor, learned counsel for petitioner as well as learned Standing Counsel for respondents.

¶2It is submitted by learned counsel for petitioner that petitioner is a complainant and a prime witness in Case Crime No. 810 of 2018 which has been lodged against ex-member of Parliament. It is also submitted that petitioner is majority shareholder and director of several companies. It is due to aforesaid reasons, he has a high threat perception along with his family members and had accordingly applied for an arms license vide File No. 145/2019 which is pending before District Magistrate, Lucknow.

¶3It is submitted that the police report has also been submitted but till date District magistrate has not decided his application. It is in the aforesaid circumstances, a prayer has been made in the present writ petition for a suitable direction to respondent No. 3 to pass necessary orders on his application for grant of an arms license which is pending for nearly 4 years.

¶4Learned Standing Counsel does not oppose the prayer made by learned counsel for petitioner and accordingly the writ is disposed of with a direction to District Magistrate, Lucknow i.e. respondent No. 3 to pass necessary orders on the application of the petitioner for grant of an arms license expeditiously, say within a period of six weeks from the date a certified copy of this order is produced before him and communicate the decision to the petitioner. (Alok Mathur, J.) Order Date :- 29.11.2023 Ravi/ High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench