From here ashok bhai
http://www.mha.nic.in/sites/upload_file ... 130510.pdf
To
Secretary (Home Department),
All States/ UTs.
Subject: Grant of Arms Licences for acquisition/ possession of
arms.
Sir,
The undersigned is directed to say that provisions relating to
grant of arms licences have been reviewed with a view to curb
proliferation of arms in the country and, in supersession of all existing
instructions, the following decisions have been taken:-
i) Grant of Arms License for Prohibited Bore (PB) weapons
The arms licences for acquisition of PB weapons are
considered by the Central Government in the Ministry of
Home Affairs (MHA). It has been decided that henceforth
applications for grant of PB weapon may be considered from
the following category of persons:-
a) Those persons who face grave and imminent threat to their
lives by mere reason of being residents of a geographical
area (or areas) where terrorists are most active and/or are
held to be prime ‘targets’ in the eyes of terrorists and/ or are
known to be inimical to the aims and objects of the terrorists
and as such face danger to their lives.
b) Those Government officials who by virtue of the office
occupied by them and/or the nature of duties performed by
them and/or in due discharge of their official duty have made
themselves targets in the eyes of terrorists and are
vulnerable to terrorist attack. 2
c) Those MPs and MLAs including non-officials/private persons
who by virtue of having been closely and/or actively
associated with anti-terrorist programmes and policies of the
Government or by mere reason of their holding views,
political or otherwise, not to the liking of the terrorists, have
rendered themselves open to attack by the terrorists.
d) The family members/kith and kin of those who by the very
nature of their duties or performance (past or present) or
positions occupied in the Government (past or present) or
even otherwise for known/unknown reasons have been
rendered vulnerable and have come to be regarded by the
terrorists as fit targets for elimination.
Accordingly, it is requested that applications for grant of
PB weapons from the above category of persons may be
forwarded to MHA (Arms Section) along with
recommendations of the DM concerned, recommendations
of the State Govt. and police verificati