(1.) Petitions filed under S.482 CrPC. Petitioners in these cases stand charge - sheeted for offences punishable under S.7 & S.8 of Kerala Gaming Act, 1960 (in short 'the Act'). Questions of law arising in all cases being the same, all the petitions were heard together and disposed by this common order.
(2.) Allegations against the petitioners are as follows:
(3.) Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Public Prosecutor.