C.W.P. No. 4077 of 1985 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P. No. 4077 of 1985 Date of decision: 19.11.2010 Balraj Singh ..............Petitioner Versus The State of Punjab and others ................Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI Present: None for the petitioner Mr. Rajesh Bhardwaj, Additional Advocate General, Punjab RANJAN GOGOI,J.(oral) None appears on behalf of the petitioner. I have considered the pleadings made in the writ petition and the contents of the orders impugned. The writ petitioner has challenged the order dated 1.8.1983 (Annexure P-3) and order dated 25.6.1985 (Annexure P-5) by which the arms licence granted to the writ-petitioner by the District Magistrate, Faridkot has been cancelled. The main ground on which arms licence has been cancelled by the authorities below is that the petitioner had been convicted of an offence under Section 302 I.P.C. According to the petitioner in appeal the sentence imposed on him had been modified and in any case the period of sentence imposed by the order of the Appellate Court had been served. The learned Commissioner, Ferozepur Division by the order dated 25.6.1985 had concluded that conviction of the petitioner under Section 302 I.P.C. would not be an irrelevant fact for assessing his suitability to retain the licence granted to him. The decision of this court C.W.P. No. 4077 of 1985 2 reported in A.I.R. 1973 Punjab 24, on which reliance was placed, has also been considered by the learned Commissioner who came to the conclusion that the said decision will not apply to the facts of the present case. Upon due consideration of the view taken by the learned Commissioner and the applicability of the law laid down by this court in A.I.R. 1973 Punjab 24 I am of the view that no infirmity can be found in the order of the learned Commissioner to warrant inference. The writ petition is, therefore, without any merit and is consequently dismissed. (RANJAN GOGOI) JUDGE November 19, 2010 RSK NOTE : Whether to be referred to the Reporter or not? Yes/No