THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE B. CHANDRA KUMAR Criminal Petition No. 1163 of 2008 Order: This Criminal Petition, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., has been filed by the petitioners/A4 to A7 to quash the proceedings in C.C. No. 1125 of 2005 on the file of the (Judicial Magistrate of First Class, East and North at L.B. Nagar, R.R. District) III Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad at L.B. Nagar. A perusal of the contents of the FIR and also the statements of the witnesses, recorded under Section 161(3) Cr.P.C., reveal that on being pressurized by the petitioners, who are the sisters of accused No.1, accused No.1 used to harass the de facto complainant stating inter alia that he got less dowry and that had he married another woman, he would have got huge dowry. According to the learned counsel for the petitioners, the first petitioner/A4 was married on 27.03.1981, the second petitioner/A5 was married on 03.02.1988, the third petitioner/A6 was married on 02.06.1993 and the fourth petitioner/A7 was married on 11.03.1999 and that they have been residing separately in their respective in-laws houses since from the date of their respective marriages and that they never visited the house of their brother, who is the husband of the de facto complainant. Admittedly, the particulars such as date, time and place as to when the petitioners pressurized A1 to demand dowry have not been mentioned. In the absence of any specific overt acts and in the absence of any date, time and place of offence, it appears that only to pressurize and harass the petitioners herein, who are the sisters of accused No.1, they are being made as accused Nos.4 to 7 in the complaint. For the purpose of proving an offence, the date, time and place assume much importance. In the absence of which, no specific overt act can be proved and no specific charge can be framed. In view of the same, I am of the view that it is a fit case to quash the proceedings against the petitioners/A4 to A7 herein. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings in C.C. No. 1125 of 2005 on the file of the (Judicial Magistrate of First Class, East and North at L.B. Nagar, R.R. District) III Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad at L.B. Nagar, are quashed only in respect of the petitioners herein. ______________________ B. CHANDRA KUMAR, J. Date: 27.04.2010 Nsr