WPMS No.1108 of 2005 Hon’ble Tarun Agarwala, J. Heard Mr. B. S. Parihar, the learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Dinesh Gahatori, the learned Standing Counsel for the State. The petitioner was granted an arms licence. Subsequently, a show cause notice was issued and thereafter, the District Magistrate issued an order cancelling the licence of the petitioner. The petitioner preferred an appeal, which was also dismissed. The petitioner, being aggrieved by the aforesaid orders, has filed the present writ petition. A perusal of the impugned orders indicates that the petitioner is alleged to have misused his licensed weapon and that criminal cases were instituted against him and based on the pendency of these criminal cases, the arms licence of the petitioner was cancelled. The petitioner has filed the judgments of the trial court dated 30.10.2001 and 16.04.2002, wherein the petitioner has been acquitted honourably and the prosecution has failed to prove the case. In the light of the aforesaid judgments, the very basis for cancellation of the arms licence of the petitioner did not exist and the authority concerned has committed a manifest error in cancelling the licence when the judgments of the trial court was existing in favour of the petitioner. In the light of the aforesaid, the impugned orders cannot be sustained and are quashed. The writ petition is allowed. (Tarun Agarwala, J.) Dated 15.09.2011 LSR