JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. to call for records relating to the First Information Report in crime No.596 of 2021 on the file of the respondent police and to quash the same.)

1. This petition has been filed to quash the F.I.R. in crime No.596 of 2021 registered by the respondent police for offences under Sections 8 & 9 of Tamilnadu Gaming Act, 1930, as against the petitioner.

2. The case of the prosecution is that on 07.10.2021, the respondent received information that without getting prior approval from the Government, gambling was played in Youth Recreation Club by using cards. On such information, the respondent and its team entered into the club premises at evening and found that A1 to A11 by sitting in a round table with 52 cards, were playing cards illegally with money. The twelfth accused is the President of Youth Recreation Club, who permitted such gambling in the club. The respondent also seized 52 cards and a sum of Rs.30,000/- from the mahazar, etc. All the accused persons were arrested and remanded to judicial custody.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner is arrayed as A12 and he is the Pr