The Delhi High Court on Friday quashed an FIR registered against a government school teacher for carrying a live cartridge to IGI airport after he apprised the court that the cartridge recovered from him dated back to his school days when he found it on a road in Uttarakhand
The court said that the present case was a “fit case for quashing of FIR” as “it is due to a mere oversight that the live ammunition remained in his bag and he was not carrying the same intentionally.”
It however added that useful police time was consumed and misdirected and therefore it ordered the teacher to take extra classes for weak students in his school for a month.
Post the cartridge recovery, an FIR was registered at police station IGI airport under section 25 of Arms Act 1959. It has now been withdrawn
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“Since the police machinery has been put in motion on account of the acts of commission & omission and could have been saved had the petitioner been more careful and vigilant. Useful time of police has now been consumed, which could have been better utilized for important matters, but has been misdirected towards these petty matters, therefore, the petitioner must do some social good for the society,” the court said.
(With inputs from PTI)