Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:101668 Court No. - 33 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 4273 of 2018 Petitioner :- Balo@Bal Kishan Respondent :- State of U.P. Counsel for Petitioner :- Vinay Kumar Pandey Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Prakash Padia,J. Ref:- Civil Misc. Substitution Application No.5 of 2018 1. The substitution application, supported by affidavit has been filed with a prayer for substituting the heirs and legal representatives of the sole petitioner who is said to has died on 04.08.2018 leaving behind his legal representatives and heirs, reference of which has been given in paragraph 2 of the affidavit and to insert the word "deceased" against the name of petitioner namely Balo @Bal Kishan. 2. Learned Standing Counsel has no objection if the aforesaid application is allowed. 3. Accordingly, the substitution application is allowed. 4. Office is directed to insert the word "deceased" after the name of petitioner and substitute the name of his legal heirs contained in prayer of the substitution application as petitioner Nos.1/1 to 1/3. 5. The aforesaid exercise be completed by the office within ten days from today. Ref:- Writ Petition 1. The present petition has been filed by the petitioner (now deceased) challenging the order dated 19.04.2017 passed by the District Magistrate, Mathura/respondent No.3 by which the firearm license has been cancelled.Against the aforesaid order, statutory appeal has been filed which was also rejected by the Commissioner Agra Division Agra vide order dated 17.01.2018. 2. It is argued by learned counsel for the petitioner that both the orders were arbitrary, unjust & illegal only on the ground that only one criminal case being Case Crime No.931 of 2022 under Section 188 of I.P.C is pending and mere pendency of criminal case, the firearm license could not be cancelled and prays that both the order be set aside. It is argued that the trial of the aforesaid case is still pending and the petitioner who is accused had already been died on 04.08.2018 and there is no occasion to go ahead with the aforesaid criminal case. 3.Insofar as merits of the case, the Court is of the opinion that since the license had been cancelled only on the ground of pendency of the aforesaid criminal case and now the original petitioner namely Balo @ Bal Kishan had already been died no fruitful result would be found for continuance of the aforesaid criminal case. 4. In this view of the matter, the present petition is disposed of permitting the petitioner to apply afresh for grant of firearm licence before the concerned licensing authority. In case the petitioner does, the licensing authority will take decision in the matter strictly in accordance with law. 5. It is made clear that the aforesaid criminal case will not come in the way while taking the decision in the matter. Order Date :- 1.7.2025 saqlain Digitally signed by :- SYED MOHAMMAD SAQLAIN HAIDER High Court of Judicature at Allahabad