B.A. Zaidi, J. - (1.) .An application by the father of the accused for return of his licensed S.B.B.L. Gun No. 4897 which is alleged to have been used by the accused Mohd. Umar in the murder of Kamla Kant about which the Sessions Trial No. 125/98 is pending, was rejected by the IInd Additional Sessions Judge, Sultanpur, and that is what, brings the father who is licence holder of the gun, before this Court.
(2.) HEARD Shri S. K. Upadhyay, advocate for the revisionist and Additional Government Advocate for the State.
(3.) THE main stay of the argument of the counsel for the revisionist is that cartridges recovered from the spot were sent alongwith the gun to the ballistic expert, and the report of the ballistic expert is that they were not fired from this gun. The Learned Additional Sessions Judge was of the view that the gun is case property and needs to be preserved for the time being, till the case is decided.;