1. - The petitioners have challenged the continuation of proceedings against them pending before the Judicial Magistrate, Sri Ganganagar for offence under section 3/4 of the Rajasthan Public Gambling Ordinance, 1949 (henceforth to be referred as the Ordinance for short).

2. The brief facts of the case are that on 24.5.2002 the SHO, Police 5 Station, Jawahar agar, Sri Ganganagar had filed a complaint against the present petitioners for offence under Section 3/4 of the Ordinance. According to the said complaint, on 12.5.2002 a police party had raided Dream World Video Games, situated at 159, Sukhadia Shopping Centre at Sri Ganganagar. The present petitioners are the employees of the said Video Game Parlour. Alongwith the present petitioners, twelve other persons, who were playing video games at the Parlour, were also arrested. While the twelve players had pleaded guilty and were sentenced to fine, the present petitioners did not plead guilty. They were enlarged on regular bail. However, as they are aggrieved by the continuation of criminal proceedings against them, they have challenged the same before us.

3. Mr. Sandeep Shah, the learned Counsel for the petitioners, has to veh