...badminton, plying cards, carroms etc., Crimes have been registered against the petitioner under Section 7 and 8 of the Kerala Gaming Act, 1960. The petitioner has filed Criminal M.C...submits that, in the name of proceedings under the Kerala Gaming Act, the respondents are harassing the petitioner by repeatedly summoning the petitioner to the police station. The petitioner therefore..., wherein it is stated that several times criminal cases have been registered against the petitioner under the Kerala Gaming Act and in three cases, the petitioner has pleaded guilty and was fined. It...

...sections 7 and 8 of the Kerala Gaming Act. Annexure-A1 is the first information report in Crime No. 272 of 1995, and Annexure A2 is the charge against them.2. The...sections 7 and 8 of the Kerala Gaming Act. Annexure-A2 is the charge-sheet filed against the petitioners. According to the petitioners, even as per the first information report and charge-sheet th...petitioners, that sections 7 and 8 of the Kerala Gaming Act has no application to the facts of this case and as such there is no offence. It is therefore prayed that the charge...

...the Koyilandy Police station for the offences under Sections 7 and 8 of the Kerala Gaming Act.2. The prosecution case is that the petitioner along with the...of the Kerala Gaming Act cannot be attracted.4. The fact as to whether the accused were making use of the said premises as common gaming house or not is a mixed question of fact...table.3. According to the learned counsel for the petitioner, the place was not being used as a common gaming house and therefore, the offence under Sections 7 and 8...

...offence under Sections 7 and 8 of the Kerala Gaming Act, 1960. The proceedings are sought to be quashed on the ground that the facts of the case do not attract any offence...of such an allegation, the provisions of the Kerala Gaming Act will not be attracted. So the prosecution is invalid.5. In the result, this Crl.M.C. is...game of cards at a club. The investigating officer seized Rs. 19,390/- from them.4. The prosecution has no case that the place of occurrence is a common gaming house. In the absence...

...offence under Sections 7 and 8 of the Kerala Gaming Act, 1960. The proceedings are sought to be quashed on the ground that the facts of the case do not attract any offence...absence of such an allegation, the provisions of the Kerala Gaming Act will not be attracted. So the prosecution is invalid.5. In the result, this Crl.M.C. is...game of cards at a club. The investigating officer seized Rs. 7,52,270/- from them.4. The prosecution has no case that the place of occurrence is a common gaming house. In the...

.... They have allegedly committed the offences under Sections 7 and 8 of the Kerala Gaming Act. The FIR is sought to be quashed on the allegation that the facts of the case do...in a club they were found playing Rummy. The police seized Rs.2,66,730/- from them. Section 14 of the Kerala Gaming Act provides that nothing in the Act shall be held to...

...play the game of ‘Rummy’, which has now been declared by this Court, through Ext.P4 judgment, to be one involving skill. The petitioner alleges that in spite of this, the rigour of the Kerala Gaming Act, 1960..., in response, the learned Government Pleader, Shri.E.C. Bineesh, submitted that the Police did not visit the premises of the petitioner because of the suspicion of violation of the Kerala Gaming Act, but...

...under Sections 7 & 8 of the Kerala Gaming Act 1960. Hence the original application got amended to suit the stage of the case. Now the case is pending as S.T.No.188/2013 before the Judicial First...of an offence punishable under Section 8 of the Kerala Gaming Act. To buttress the said contention, the learned counsel relied on a Single Bench decision of this Court in Sunil v...definition of a common gaming house. Common gaming house is defined in Section 2(a) of the Kerala Gaming Act, 1960 as any house, room, tent, enclosure, vehicle, vessel or any place whatsoever in which card...

...Sections 7 and 8 of the Kerala Gaming Act, 1960. 2. The prosecution case is that on 24.02.2018, at about 7.30 p.m., the detecting officer...in this case got an information that at Parur Sree Moolam Jubilee Club, certain peoples are doing illegal activities in violation of the Kerala Gaming Act and he reached there. He found that the...7 and 8 of the Kerala Gaming Act. 3. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the Public Prosecutor. 2...

...different. In all these cases the petitioners who are the accused are standing trial for the offences punishable under SS. 7 and 8 of the Kerala Gaming Act.2...provisions of S. 5 of the Kerala Gaming Act are not complied with with regard to the alleged search and seizure in these cases. Therefore, according to them, absolutely no material...is available in these cases to make out a prima facie case involving offences punishable under SS. 7 and 8 of the Kerala Gaming Act against them and therefore, the entire...

...gambling or prohibitory activities under the Kerala Gaming Act, is sought to be interdicted by the respondent Police, unnecessarily harassing the petitioner and its members, which is sought to be...Police has revealed that the petitioner Club is engaged in various unlawful activities contrary to the provisions of the Kerala Gaming Act and that the money transaction takes...through illegal Card playing; which is an offence under the Kerala Gaming Act. The members and the office bearers of the Club are misguiding the general public that the object of the Club is to...

...Police Station, alleging that the petitioners have committed the offence punishable under Section 7 & 8 of Kerala Gaming Act, 1960. The case of the prosecution in nutshell was that on 21.10.2012 at...Crl.M.C. No. 3634 of 2012 3 163 wherein it has been held that invoking the presumption under Section 6 of the Kerala Gaming Act if it is proved...of Rs.1,27,500/- and registered Annexure I First Information Report as Crime No. 1086/2012 alleging offences under Section 7 & 8 of the Kerala Gaming Act. In the decisions relied on by the learned...

...(1) the prayer in these two petitions are for quashing the charge - sheets under sections 7 and 8 of the kerala gaming act. Crl. M. C. 4067/99 is to quash the complaint in c. S. 8/99...place will come within the definition of a common gaming house. Common gaming house is defined in section 2 (a) of the kerala gaming act, 1960 as any house, Room, Tent, Enclosure, Vehicle, Vessel or any...are liable for conviction and punishment. It is unfortunate that a number of cases booked under the kerala gaming act are either quashed or end in acquittal as the investigting officers do not...

...K.V Sankaranarayanan, J.:— The prayer in these two petitions are for quashing the chargesheets under S. 7 and 8 of the Kerala Gaming Act Crl. M.C 4067/99 is to...gaming house is defined in S. 2(a) of the Kerala Gaming Act, 1960 as any house, room, tent, enclosure, vehicle, vessel or any place whatsoever in which cards, dice, tables or...under the Kerala Gaming Act are either quashed or end in acquittal as the investigating officers do not understand what really constitutes a common gaming house and do not collect evidence on that...

...about 9.30 p.m, Assistant Commissioner (L & O). Trivandrum City, searched the premises.3. He found games covered by the provisions of the Kerala Gaming Act being...them under sections 6 and 7 of the Kerala Gaming Act. They pleaded guilty to the charge. The trial court accepted the plea as made freely and voluntarily and proceeded to...offences under Sections 7 and 8 of the Kerala Gaming Act. The case charged against all the 18 accused, including the revision petitioner, was a single case which arose on...

...1. Petitioners were accused 1, 3 and 4 in S.T No. 1444 of 1987. The charges were under Sections 7 and 8 of the Kerala Gaming Act. The prosecution case was that.... 680 of 1992. There the contention raised was that the seizure was under the Kerala Gaming Act and disposal of the property seized should be done as per Section 10 of the Kerala...Gaming Act and not under Section 452 of the Cr. P.C The matter was remanded as that question was not considered. Section 10 of the Kerala Gaming Act provides as follows...

...conduct of the game of rummy as the same is not falling under sections 7 and 8 of the Kerala Gaming Act. ii. To issue a writ of mandamus and command the 2nd...falling under the Kerala Gaming Act. 3. No interim order is passed in this case at the time of admission or subsequently. Probably the prayers in this writ petition... IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.V.KUNHIKRISHNAN...

...him and the others are punishable under Sections 7 and 8 of the Kerala Gaming Act. The petitioner herein is the licensee of a premises that belongs to the Thalassery...Sections 7 and 8 of the Kerala Gaming Act. Later the petitioner herein was also arraigned as third accused when the police found on investigation that he is actually the licensee...being conducted. He cannot be heard contend that he had no knowledge of any such business being conducted in his premises.3. Section 7 of the Kerala Gaming Act provides that any person...

...not a ‘common gaming house’ within the meaning of the Section 2A of the Kerala Gaming Act, 1969 and also seeks a direction to the respondents not to interfere with the...

... and therefore, the club has to be treated as a private place and the provisions of the Kerala Gaming Act, 1960 are not applicable. The counsel...further argued that the playing of rummy involves much skill and cannot be construed as gambling and, therefore has to be exempt from the scope of The Kerala Gaming Act, 1960 as has been prescribed...was strictly in accordance with the provisions of the Kerala Gaming Act, 1960. It is not disputed, however, that a similar issue was considered by this Court in...