Card-gambling prosecution over three-cards betting quashed
Police went to a plot in Hasthinapuram after receiving information about gambling and booked the players under the Telangana State Gaming Act for playing three cards for money. Cash of Rs 19,740, three mobile phones and one set of playing cards were seized. The High Court quashed the trial proceedings against the petitioner, who was accused No.1.
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How we verify →The trial-court proceedings against the petitioner stand quashed.
What happened
The High Court recorded that on 24.07.2025 police received information about gambling and went to Plot No.374, Vishweshwariah Engineers Colony, Hasthinapuram.
Police said the accused were found playing a three-cards game by betting money.
Police said they seized net cash of Rs 19,740, three mobile phones and one set of playing cards.
The High Court held the proceedings against the petitioner were liable to be quashed and allowed the criminal petition.
What the record says
“Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings against the petitioner/accused No.1 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, are hereby quashed.”
Criminal Petition No.14887 of 2025, order dated 14.11.2025 — read the full text
No complaining victim
The alleged act was betting money on a card game, with no cheating, fixing or defrauded victim alleged.
What we could not confirm
The full charge-sheet narrative beyond the raid and seizure is not detailed in the order excerpt.