Two pistols, three magazines, four hollow cartridges and eight live cartridges were recovered from the accused during checking at the Bichpuri post. He was arrested following an encounter in which he was injured.
Bombay High Court on Monday rejected the bail petition of Pradeep Sharma, former 'encounter specialist' of Mumbai Police in the 'Antilia' bomb scare case.
An encounter took place in Fatehgarh, Lucknow, between police personnel from Special Operations Group (SOG) and a history-sheeter, ending in the death of the accused, police informed on Sunday.
The miscreant, identified as Jai Kishan alias Rohit, hailing from Bihar and currently living in Azad Nagar, Delhi, is a mobile snatcher who has earlier been jailed under the Gangster Act and was recently released, the police said.