Starter Pistols

[bandukbhandar]

Please go through the news appearing in Times of India, Mumbai edition of 12.09.2011

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Friday directed the state to decide whether to ban the import of starter pistols after one was used to commit a crime.

A division bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and P D Kode was hearing a petition filed by Rafiq Ahmed Yusuf Kalsekar, who was detained at Mumbai airport by the Customs after declaring five signal guns and three dominator air-guns. Kalsekar said he wanted to use them to guard his 60-acre plot in Ratnagiri district.

Kalsekar's son Ahmed bought 20 starter pistols on July 2, 2010 and 14,000 air-gun pellets on September 2010. Kalsekar claimed he had a crop protection licence and the guns to drive away crop-destroying wild animals were not banned. "They only make a sound. Air-guns are available at Crawford Market. We wanted better quality ones so we imported them,'' said Kalsekar's advocate, Tarak Sayed.

When the judges were shown a starter pistol and pellets, they asked Kalsekar why he required such a large quantity, Sayed replied that after 100-150 shots the pistols have to be thrown out. Additional public prosecutor Jayesh Yagnik said, "We feel he may sell it to others. Recently, such a weapon was used in a crime and therefore we apprehend its misuse.''

Yagnik said the matter was being examined.

"If there is a security risk, you (police) have to take a decision," said Justice Khanwilkar.

[goodboy_mentor]

Do you have the case details?

Tomorrow if a toy pistol is used to commit crime these silly judges will like to ban it. Using their silly logic they should have banned iron rods, kitchen knives, ropes, automobiles etc. long time back.

[kalashnikovcult]

i think the quantity is in question and its quite possible that they will somehow get him into a mess to stop this happening further.