HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.9309 of 2011 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioners-accused, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the charge sheet in C.C.No.718 of 2011 on the file of the Addl. Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Nuzvid, Krishna District, taken on file for the offences punishable under Sections 3 and 4 of the A.P. Gaming Act 1974 (for short “the Act”). Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the mediators’ report does not disclose any material to prosecute the petitioners for the offences alleged against them and they are not liable for prosecution in view of Section 7 of the A.P. Gaming Act, as the gaming house is a registered club and registered under the provisions of the Societies Registration Act and even as per the mediators’ report, the petitioners are only playing rummy game which is purely a game of skill. Perused the record. The entire reading of the mediators’ report does not disclose that the petitioners are playing a game of mere chance. But, this Court is of the view that it is a game of skill and the same will not come under the provisions of the Act. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the charge sheet in C.C.No.718 of 2011 on the file of the Addl. Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Nuzvid, Krishna District, is hereby quashed and miscellaneous petitions, if any, filed shall stand closed. _____________ RAJA ELANGO, J 4th November, 2011 cbs HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Crl.P.No.9309 of 2011 (Allowed) 4th November, 2011 cbs