THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.14887 OF 2025

ORDER :

This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioner/accused No.1 under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 seeking to quash the proceedings against him in C.C.No.3776 of 2025 on the file of the learned VI Additional Junior Civil Judge-cum-VI Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Ranga Reddy District, at L.B. Nagar, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 3 and 4 of Telangana State Gaming Act, 1974.

2. Heard Sri Badra Nanavath, learned counsel for the petitioner as well as Sri Jitender Rao Veeramalla, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor representing respondent No.2-State. Perused the record.

3. The brief facts, as culled out from the charge sheet, are that on 24.07.2025, respondent No.2 received information about gambling, which was in progress at Plot No.374, Vishweshwariah Engineers Colony, Hasthinapuram, Saroornagar Mandaal, Rangareddy District, and proceeded to the scene and found that the accused were playing three cards game by betting money. Therefore, the petitioner and other accused were taken into custody and also seized net cash of Rs.19,740/-, mobil