ORDER :

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, by the petitioners – accused Nos.6 and 7 to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.199 of 2016 pending on the file of the learned III Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, Kothagudem, against them and the cognizance of which was taken for the offences under Sections 3 and 4 of Andhra Pradesh Gaming Act, 1974 (Telangana Gaming Act, 1974) (for short ‘the Gaming Act’).

2. The facts in brief as can be gathered from the record available before this Court are as under:

(a) On 30.05.2016 at 11.00 PM, Sub-Inspector of Police, III Town Police Station, Kothagudem, received credible information that some persons have been playing cards in an abandoned Railway Quarter bearing No.18/3, Kothagudem. On that, he rushed to the scene of offence along with mediators after obtaining necessary permission from his superiors. On entering into the said premises, they found that gambling was going on and all eight persons were playing cards by staking amount.

(b) On interrogation, all the accused have confessed that they committed offences. Confession Statement has been recorded in the presence of mediators. All of them