The facts leading up to the filing of the present petition are encapsulated as under:-(a) That the petitioner was a holder of an Arms Licence bearing No.(b) The petitioner was invited to a social function organized in the neighbourhood and during the said event a gunshot was fired wherein the nephew of the petitioner's neighbour got injured.(c) The petitioner was arrested and a case FIR bearing No.121/2013, under section 307 IPC read with section 27/54/59 of Arms Act, was registered on 13.03.2013 at Police Station-Bindapur, Delhi and his revolver as well as his arms licence were seized from his house by the local police.W.P.(CRL) 1845/2015 Page 2 of 10W.P.(CRL) 1845/2015 Page 9 of 10W.P.(CRL) 1845/2015 Page 9 of 10Through: Mr. Rajesh Mahajan, ASC (Criminal) with SI Mukesh Kumar, PS- Badarpur CORAM:HON'BLE MR JUSTICE SIDDHARTH MRIDUL SIDDHARTH MRIDUL, J (ORAL) CRL.M.A.12391/2015 (Exemption) Exemption granted subject to all just exceptions.The application is disposed of accordingly.The present is a petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India read with section 482 Cr.P.C., 1973 assailing the order dated W.P.(CRL) 1845/2015 Page 1 of 10 12.03.2014 passed by the Lieutenant Governor, Delhi in Case No.270/2013 rejecting the appeal filed by the petitioner under section 18 of the Arms Act, 1959 against the order dated 13.11.2013 passed by the Joint Commissioner of Police, Licensing Unit, Delhi Police cancelling the petitioner's arms licence bearing No.W.P.(CRL) 1845/2015 Page 1 of 10(d) A show cause notice was served upon the petitioner from the office of Additional Commissioner of Police, Licensing Delhi for cancellation of the arms licence and the petitioner gave a reply to the said show cause notice.(f) The petitioner was acquitted vide order dated 05.11.2014 by the Additional Sessions Judge, Dwarka Courts, Delhi in case FIR No.121/2013, under sections 307/ IPC and 25/27 of Arms Act, registered at Police Station- Bindapur, Delhi.(g) The petitioner appealed against the said order dated 13.11.2014 passed by the Joint Commissioner of Police, Licensing, Delhi before the Lieutenant Governor, Delhi.The appeal was dismissed by the Lieutenant Governor, Delhi, by way of the order impugned herein.3. Notice.W.P.(CRL) 1845/2015 Page 3 of 10W.P.(CRL) 1845/2015 Page 3 of 10Mr. Mahajan, learned Additional Standing Counsel (Criminal) accepts notice.With the consent of counsel for the parties, the matter is taken up for hearing and disposed of by this order.Mr. Hari Shankar, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner invites my attention to the impugned order dated 12.03.2014 to urge that it is a non-speaking order and no reasons for accepting the contentions made on behalf of the police and rejecting the submissions made on behalf of the petitioner are recorded in the impugned order.A perusal of the order impugned herein reveals that after hearing the parties and perusing the documents on record, without assigning any reasons whatsoever for arriving at the decision impugned herein, the Lieutenant Governor rejected the petitioner's appeal.The operative part of the impugned order dated 12.03.2014 reads as follows:-"After hearing both the parties and careful perusal of documents on record, I am of the opinion that the Licensing Authority, after considering all aspects of the matter, has passed a fair order and I find no reason to interfere with it.The appeal, therefore, rejected."The impugned order dated 21.11.2014, extracted hereinabove, clearly demonstrates that the concerned Magistrate has acted in a casual, cavalier and routine manner.The said order only refers to the grant of permission to investigate into the matter mechanically without assigning any reasons and cannot be countenanced by this Court.The same deserves to be set aside."While dealing with the aforesaid issue, this Court also relied upon the Apex Court's decision in Assistant Commissioner, Commercial Tax Department Works Contract and Leasing, Kota Vs Shukla and Brothers, wherein it was held as under:The order dated 12.03.2014 is set aside.The matter is remitted back to the Court of the Lieutenant Governor, Delhi to decide the petitioner's appeal under section 18 of the Arms Act, 1959 de novo after affording the parties a reasonable opportunity of being heard in accordance with law.The petition is disposed of accordingly.The parties or their counsel shall appear before the Lieutenant Governor, Delhi at the first instance on 16.09.2015 at 4.00 p.m. for further proceedings in accordance with law.SIDDHARTH MRIDUL, J SEPTEMBER 07, 2015 dn W.P.(CRL) 1845/2015 Page 10 of 10W.P.(CRL) 1845/2015 Page 10 of 10

Cited provisions: Section 307 in The Indian Penal Code