CWP No.1130 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. DATE OF DECISION: 16.9.2010 Jai Bhagwan ...Petitioner VERSUS State of Haryana & Others …Respondents CORAM HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE PERMOD KOHLI PRESENT: Mr.Navneet Singh, Advocate for the petitioner Mr.RD Sharma, DAG, Haryana Permod Kohli, J. (Oral) Keeping in view the controversy involved and with the consent of the counsel, this petition is disposed of at motion stage. The petitioner is working as Security Guard with the Mini Bank, Cooperative Society Khanda, Distt. Sonepat. He was granted the Armed Licence for a gun in the year 1995. The licence stands renewed upto 3.9.2007. In the year 2002, an FIR No.46 dated 6.4.2002 under Sections 323/324/325/34 IPC was registered against the petitioner at Police Station Kharkhoda, Sonepat. Vide the impugned order dated 25.9.2008 (Annexure P-2), the District Magistrate-Licensing Authority suspended the armed CWP No.1130 of 2010 2 licence of the petitioner, after affording him an opportunity of being heard primarily on the ground of registration of the aforesaid FIR. An appeal preferred by the petitioner against the aforesaid order also came to be dismissed vide order dated 18.9.2009 (Annexure P-4). Both these orders are subject matter of challenge in the present writ petition. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been acquitted in the aforesaid FIR vide judgment dated 25.7.2010 passed by Sh.R.K.Mehta, Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Sonepat. A copy of the said judgment is placed on record as Annexure P-1. In view of the acquittal in the said criminal case, the petitioner is claiming renewal of the armed licence. Acquittal of the petitioner is admitted in the reply. There is no other valid reason to keep the armed licence under suspension. In view of the above circumstances, this petition is allowed. Respondent no.3 is directed to restore the armed licence to the petitioner, in accordance with law within a period of three months from the date certified copy of this order is received by the competent authority. (PERMOD KOHLI) JUDGE 16.9. 2010 MFK