( 1 ) IN this Criminal Revision, the petitioners have prayed for quashing the proceeding in Case No. C. 1249 of 1 984u/s. 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act of 1961 read with S. 120b of the Penal Code pending before the Metropolitan Magistrate, 12th Court, Calcutta.

( 2 ) THE facts of the proceeding in brief are as follows : - Smt. Usha Shaw, sister of the complainant Bhagwat Prosad Gupta (O. P. No. 2) was given in marriage to Shankar Prosad Shaw alias Gupta (accused-petitioner No. 1) according to the Hindu rites and rituals on 14-5-81 at Calcutta. After the marriage Usha Shaw was brought to the matrimonial house of Shankar Prosad and both them spent their conjugal life happily for about a month but that happiness was short-lived. The husband along with his father Parameswar Prosad Shaw (accused-petitioner No. 2), his brother Anil Kumar Shaw (accused-petitioner No. 3) and his sister Smt. Asha Shaw (accused-petitioner No. 4) began to make illegal demands to Usha Shaw to bring costly electronic appliances such as T. V. Set, Refrigerator, Gas Connection and cash of Rs. 50,000/- and also 15 tolas of gold from her parents. Otherwise they would not allow Usha Shaw to reta