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Sunil submitted that the reason stated for rejection was that the petitioner could not convince the authority of need for arms licence. The same was untenable under Section 14 of the Arms Act, 1959.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Counsel for the respondent Mr E.S. Ashraf submitted that enquiry conducted by the respondent showed that petitioner was in his 70\u2019s and did not require a gun as he was neither facing any threat nor using the arm for agricultural purpose. As per, circular dated 31-02-2010 issued by the Central Ministry of Human Affairs request for arms licences shall be considered only if persons face or perceive grave and imminent threat to their lives. Therefore, the rejection order was valid.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Court opined that that reasons stated for non-consideration of petitioner\u2019s application for renewal were not referable to Section 14 of the Act. It relied on various judgments of this Court, few being, <i>Jose Kuttiyany v. Land Revenue Commission, <\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/ZKVTKEk0\">2015 SCC OnLine Ker 15730<\/a> and <em>C.<\/em>\u00a0<i>Chandran Nair v. Additional District Magistrate, <\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/wfpOPy60\">2014 SCC OnLine Ker 23940<\/a> to observe that the only reasons for rejection of an application for renewal of licence would be that the issuance or the renewal thereof is prohibited by the Arms Act, if the applicant of unsound mind and if he is, for any reason, unfit for a licence under the Arms Act.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In view of the above, the petition was allowed, directing the respondent to reconsider petitioner\u2019s application for renewal of arms licence with reference to Section 14 of the Arms Act and binding judgments of this Court, and pass an order thereon within a period of one month.[T.K. Haridasan v. 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