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Delhi High Court: <\/strong>Deciding a matter of whether an NRI person in possession of two live ammunitions with a valid license can be registered under Section 25 of Arms Act or not, Asha Menon, J., held that, prima facie no malafide intent was found and the licence found was a valid arms licence.<\/p>\n

A petition was filed for quashing an FIR under Section 25 of the Arms Act, 1959 registered at IGI Airport, Delhi.<\/p>\n

Submission of petitioner\u2019s counsel was that he was a Non-Resident Indian (NRI) and travelling from Delhi to Dubai when two live ammunitions were detected in his check-in-baggage. It was found that he had a valid licence.<\/p>\n

Prosecution alleged that he was not in conscious possession of the cartridges.<\/p>\n

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Analysis, Law and Decision<\/span><\/p>\n

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High Court cited the decisions of this Court in Davinder Singh Dhindsa v. State (NCT of Delhi), <\/em>2019 SCC OnLine Del 7895<\/a>, Jasbir Chahal v. State, <\/em>2018 SCC OnLine Del 8839<\/a> and Dhanwant Kaur v. State<\/em>, 2016 SCC OnLine Del 5492<\/a>, where 1 or 2 live cartridges have been found in the possession of the accused, have taken a view that mens rea <\/em>or mala fide<\/em> intention must be present supporting a \u201cconscious possession plea\u201d of the prosecution and in the absence of any such evidence, even prima facie, <\/em>there would be no reason to deny the relief to the petitioner.<\/p>\n

Bench found a valid arms licence in the possession of the petitioner and the bullets recovered were relatable to the licensed weapon.<\/p>\n

No prima facie<\/em> evidence was found that he had any mala fide intent in keeping the ammunition and the safety of the passengers was not threatened. The possession was not conscious.<\/p>\n

In view of the above discussion, the petition was allowed and FIR under Section 25 of the Arms Act, 1959 along with other proceedings emanating therefrom was quashed. [Karamjit Singh v. State (NCT of Delhi), 2022 SCC OnLine Del 800<\/b><\/a>, decided on 22-3-2022]<\/p>\n

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Advocates before the Court:<\/strong><\/p>\n

For the Petitioner: Ajay Pal Tushir, Advocate<\/p>\n

For the Respondent: Avi Singh, ASC with Karan Dhalla and Mizba, Advocates for State with SI Ramesh Chand, PS IGI Airport<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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