law: Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
  
  212.Particulars as to time, place and person.-
  (1) The charge shall contain such particulars
  
  as to the time and place of the alleged offence, and the person (if any)
  
  against whom, or the thing (if any) in respect of which, it was committed, as
  
  are reasonably sufficient to give the accused notice of the matter with which
  
  he is charged.
  (2) When the accused is charged with criminal breach of trust or dishonest
  
  misappropriation of money or other movable property, it shall be sufficient to
  
  specify the gross sum or, as the case may be, describe the movable property in
  
  respect of which the offence is alleged to have been committed, and the dates
  
  between which the offence is alleged to have been committed, without specifying
  
  particular items or exact dates, and the charge so framed shall be deemed to be
  
  a charge of one offence within the meaning of section 219:
  
  Provided that the time included between the first and last of such dates
  
  shall not exceed one year.