Patna hotel card-game prosecution sent back over gambling and cheating charges
Police raided a Patna hotel room in 2015 and seized playing cards and Rs 14,200 from three men. A case was filed under the Bengal Public Gambling Act with an added cheating charge. The Patna High Court recorded that no cheated person was on record and set aside the orders refusing discharge, remitting the matter for fresh consideration.
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How we verify →The discharge refusal stands quashed and the case is remitted to the Magistrate for fresh consideration.
What happened
The High Court recorded that police found the three men in Room No. 154 of a Patna hotel and recovered six sets of playing cards with Rs 14,200.
The High Court recorded that the case was instituted for offences under Section 420 and Sections 3 and 6 of the Bengal Public Gambling Act.
The High Court recorded that there was neither any allegation that the men cheated any person nor any allegedly cheated person on record.
The High Court allowed the petition, quashed the Magistrate and revisional orders rejecting discharge, and remitted the matter for fresh consideration.
What the record says
“There is neither any allegation that the petitioners cheated any person nor that they induced anyone to deliver any property.”
[name withheld] vs The State Of Bihar, Criminal Miscellaneous No.16056 of 2018 — read the full text
No complaining victim
The men wagered their own money with cards and cash seized, and the court found no cheated victim on record.
What we could not confirm
The fresh discharge decision after remand could not be confirmed from the order excerpt.