Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has asked the Maharashtra Government to re-frame the guidelines in keeping with a directive of the Election Commission to individually review cases of licence holders of weapons during elections.

Pointing out to an anomaly in the guidelines issued by the Home department on August 17, 2009, a bench headed by Justice Abhay Oka observed that it merely mentions the categories of persons such as those released on bail, persons having history of criminal offences and persons involved in rioting especially during elections.