Mere registration of criminal case cannot be a ground to revoke an arms license, the Bombay High Court has held while directing Pune Commissioner of Police to consider afresh an application of a Shiv Sena leader seeking renewal of his license. A division bench of Justices N H Patil and P D Naik gave the direction while hearing a petition filed by Shiv Sena leader Ajay Bhosale from Pune, challenging a February 2011 order of revocation of his arms licence passed by the Pune Police Com .. The license was revoked on the ground that there were several criminal cases filed against Bhosale in 1991. According to the petition, Bhosale, who was elected as municipal councillor in Pune in 2003, had applied for license to possess a fire arm for self-protection. The Pune police commissioner, being the licensing authority, granted the license which was renewed from time-to-time till 2009. Bhosale's lawyer S B Shetye argued that under section 17(B) of the Arms Act, license can be revoked only if t...