New Delhi, July 12 (MExN): The conviction of former IAS Officer and former Chief Secretary of the State of Nagaland SS Ahluwalia under Section 417 IPC read with Section 415 IPC, Section 471 IPC read with 467 IPC and under Section 25 of the Arms Act, has been reportedly set aside on July 10 by Harish Kumar, Special Judge, CBI in New Delhi.
“The Appellant had been convicted for having knowingly and dishonestly used forged license for purchasing two weapons and for having possessed more rearms than permissible limit of three as mentioned in Section 3 of the Arms Act,” LiveLaw, an online legal News portal reported on July 12.
Possession of rearm in contravention of section 3 is punishable by way of Section 25 of the Arms Act, it said.
“As per section 39 of the Arms Act, no prosecution can be instituted against any person in respect of any offence under section 3 without the previous sanction of the district magistrate,” it added.
According to a PTI news agency report on September 6, 2019, Ahluwalia was by a special CBI court 32 years after being booked by the agency in a case of recovery of arms and ammunition from his possession.
Ahluwalia, 81, has been sentenced to five years of imprisonment with a fine of Rs 1.50 lakh in the case by Rouse Avenue court "after prolonged trial,” officials said on Friday.
The CBI had filed a case on August 31, 1987 against Ahluwalia, then posted as Secretary and Commissioner, Labour and Employment, Nagaland, for the possession of arms and ammunition beyond permission limits, it said.
Five guns including a carbine and a Czechoslovakian rifle besides 328 bullets were recovered from his homes in Delhi and Kohima during a search carried out by the agency in connection with a case of disproportionate assets against him, it added.
The agency completed its probe within five years and filed a charge sheet on April 10, 1992 but the case dragged on in various courts, officials said.
It took nearly 18 years for charges to be framed against Ahluwalia on February 10, 2010 by a special court, they said.
Ahluwalia joined the army on May 3, 1964 as an Emergency Commission officer as a Captain.
He joined the Indian Administrative Services in 1971 and was allocated Nagaland cadre.
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