IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CR. WJC No.1162 of 2008 RAVI SHANKAR KUMAR, S/O SRI SURENDRA SHARMA, R/O VILLAGE-GORAKHARI, P.S. BIKRAM, DISTRICT- PATNA. -PETITIONER Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. THE DISTRICT MAGISTRATE, PATNA 3. THE SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, PATNA. 4. THE OFFICER-IN-CHARGE, OF BIKRAM P.S.,PATNA -RESPONDENTS 3 18.04.2009 It is the case of the petitioner that his licensed gun and cartridges were seized by the Police without registering any case against him. It is the case of the State that his brother Sunil Kumar was arrested and at that time the gun and cartridges were seized and seizure list was prepared and Sunil Kumar was made an accused in Bikram P.S. Case no.163 of 1988. In the counter affidavit it has been stated that the seizure list was prepared in presence of independent witnesses and even though the gun was owned by the petitioner, that was recovered from the house of Sunil Kumar. In any event since it is stated that the gun is seized in Bikram P.S. Case no.163 of 1988 and a seizure list was prepared, it is for the petitioner to file claim petition in concerned Court to obtain the gun. If a petition is filed in that Court that petition 2 should be disposed of according to law within three months of the filing of the petition. With the observations made above, the application is disposed of. (J.B. Koshy, CJ.) AAhmad