Prayagraj, June 5 -- The Allahabad high court has set aside an order passed by the Deoria district magistrate denying an arms licence to sportsman Gaurav Gupta. The DM's order was passed on May 3. Gupta had applied for the licence for sports training and competition purposes. Justice Piyush Agrawal, in his decision dated June 2, also remanded the matter to the DM for deciding afresh the application of the petitioner by passing a reasoned and speaking order, after giving due opportunity to the petitioner to cure the defect, if any, as well as to provide all the documentary evidence/material, as required under the aforesaid rules, within 15 days from the date of production of certified copy of this order. After hearing the parties, the court also perused the said application of the petitioner for the grant of an arms licence. A perusal of the application showed that no column has been framed as per the aforesaid rules as to the detailed information/evidence of the petitioner as a 'Junior Shooter'. "In view of the peculiar facts and circumstances of the case, the impugned order dated May 3, 2025 cannot be justified in the eyes of law and the same is hereby set aside", the court added....