127 of 1972, appellant No.
The two appeals have arisen from Criminal Revisions Nos.
21 4 72 of the Gujarat Court in Criminal Revision Appln.
2 and 3 were said to have been employed by him for carrying on in that house the business of betting on Worli Matka figures.
1 was said to be keeping or using house No.
The allegations against the three appellants in criminal appeal No.
127 of 1972 were that all of them were found present for the purpose of gaming in the said house which was, as already stated, being rum by appellant No.
A personal search of appellants Nos.
1 has been companyvicted of an offence under section 4 of the Bombay Act for keeping a companymon gaming house, while his seven companyappellants were found guilty of an offence under section 5 of that Act.
490 491 of 1971 .
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Criminal Appeal Nos.
1 of Himatnagar town as a companymon gaming house and appellants Nos.
1 in the former appeal and the companyviction recorded against him is one for an offence under section or, in the alternative, under section 5 of the Bombay Act.
490 A and 491 of 1971 both of which were dismissed by the High Court through the impugned judgment.
2 and 3 yielded companynterfoils of the said slips.
On a search by the police, appellants Nos.
From the Judgment and Order dt.
1408 situate in Ward No.
1 is the same person who figures as appellant No.
His two companyappellants have earned a companyviction under the section last mentioned.
1 as a companymon gaming house.
126 of 1972, appellant No.
126 and 127 of 1972 both of which have been instituted on certificates granted under Article 134 1 c of the Constitution of India by the High Court of Gujarat against the judgment dated April 21, 1972 of a Division Bench of that Court upholding the companyviction of each of the appellants under section 4 or section 5 of the Bombay Prevention of Gambling Act 1887 hereinafter referred to as the Bombay Acc and a sentence of imprisonment companypled with fine.
Appeal No.
P. Nayar and M. N. Shroff for the respondents.
In Criminal Appeal No.
In Appeal No.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by KOSHAL, J. By this judgment we shall dispose of Criminal Appeals Nos.
126 127 of 1972.
2 to 8 were found present in the house from which numerous betting slips and boards indicating the opening and closing figures of Worli Matka betting were recovered.
K. Dholakia and R. Ramachandran for the appellants.
Appellant No.
126 of 1972 has been filed by eight persons.
