JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Criminal Original petition filed under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, to call for the records in Crime No.434 of 2021 dated 23.08.2021 on the file of the respondent police and quash the same by allowing this Criminal Original Petition.)

1. This petition has been filed to quash the FIR in Crime No. 434 of 2021, registered by the respondent police for the offences under Sections 8, 9 of the Tamil Nadu Gaming Act, 1930 as against the petitioners.

2. The case of the prosecution is that on 23.08.2021 when the respondent police on his routine patrol in Salem city, on information he went to the Literary Society Club and found that the petitioners herein were playing the game of rummy in playing cards for gain. Therefore, the respondent registered the above said case as against the petitioners.

3. Heard Mr.R.Marudhachalamurthy, learned counsel appearing for the petitioners and Mr.A.Gopinath, learned Government Advocate (Crl. Side) appearing for the respondent.

4. It is seen that the petitioners are arrayed as A1 to A6 in Crime No.434 of 2021 registered offences under Sections 8, 9 of the Tamil Nadu Gaming Act, 1930. The Literary Society Club (herein after referred