Celebratory firing of arms during marriage processions is proving to be a killer for innocent people and there is a need to tighten the procedure for grant of arms licence and also ensure that it is not misused, a Delhi court has observed.
Additional Sessions Judge Manoj Jain made the observation while handing down a 25-month jail term to 35-year-old Jasbir Chauhan, who fired in the air at his friend’s wedding at Burari , killing the groom’s uncle.
“Firing with guns and pistols during marriage processions has become a sort of fashion. If this is happening in the Capital city, it will be certainly in a larger proportion in rural or remote areas. This is proving to be a killer for innocent fellow-baraatis and even onlookers. It’s high time that government tightened the procedure for grant of arms licence and also evolved a robust mechanism to ensure that these licences are not misused,” the judge said. — PTI
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