IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.5035 of 2009 Bidya Nandan Prasad Singh, son of Late Ram Dahin Singh, resident of village Kathnama, Police Station Makhdumpur, District-Jehanabad …………………. Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. The Principal Secretary, Home (Police), Government of Bihar, Patna 3. The District Magistrate, Gaya 4. The Superintendent of Police, Gaya 5. The District Arms Magistrate, Gaya ……………. Respondents. ----------- For the petitioner: Mr. Arbind Kumar Singh,Advocate For the State: M/S Ramchandra Pd. Bharti,SC 14 and Md. Aslam Ansari,AC to SC 14 ----------- 2. 21.04.2009 The petitioner has come to this Court for a direction upon the District Magistrate, Gaya, respondent no. 3 to renew the arms licence No. 187/75 of the petitioner for the period 2008 to 2010 which has been pending before him since December, 2007. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the matter of renewal of licence has been kept pending unnecessarily on the ground that .38 bore revolver, which the petitioner was keeping on the basis of the said licence, is in the prohibited arms category which, according to the petitioner is of the non-prohibited arms category but which he was directed by the District Magistrate to deposit in the concerned Arms and Ammunition Shop and accordingly, the same has been deposited in the shop of M/s. Ram Narayan and Company at G.B Road, Gaya with the requisite permission of the authorities. It is stated by learned counsel for the petitioner that the said .38 bore revolver being prohibited or non-prohibited category is a separate issue altogether which has no relevance so far as the 2 renewal of the licence of the petitioner is concerned, which licence the petitioner has been possessing since 1993 and there was never any complaint in this regard. In the aforesaid view of the matter, the writ application is disposed of with a direction to the respondent no.3, District Magistrate,Gaya to dispose of the application for renewal of the arms licence of the petitioner within a period of two months from the date of receipt/ production of a copy of this order. It is made clear that this Court has not expressed any opinion regarding the .38 bore revolver of the petitioner which has been directed to be deposited and has been deposited in the Arms and Ammunition shop. S. Pandey (Ramesh Kumar Datta, J.)