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Issues: Whether proceedings for offences under sections 7 and 8 of the Kerala Gaming Act could be sustained when the alleged gaming took place in a private house and no common gaming house was alleged.
Analysis: Liability under sections 7 and 8 arises only if the alleged gaming is connected with a common gaming house. The statutory definition of common gaming house requires a place used for gaming in a manner bringing it within the mischief of the Act. The materials disclosed only that the petitioners were playing cards in the first petitioner's private building, with no allegation that the premises was a common gaming house. Gaming in a private building, without more, does not attract sections 7 and 8.
Conclusion: The prosecution was not maintainable under sections 7 and 8 of the Kerala Gaming Act, and the criminal proceedings were liable to be quashed in favour of the petitioners.
Final Conclusion: The charge and first information report were set aside because the essential statutory foundation of a common gaming house was absent.
Ratio Decidendi: Offences under sections 7 and 8 of the Kerala Gaming Act are made out only when gaming is alleged in a common gaming house; gaming in a private building, without such allegation, does not constitute the offence.
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