https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=411800 A complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act could be amended to correct the cheque number where the cheque, bank memo and statutory notice all reflected the correct number and the mistake was confined to the complaint. The court treated the discrepancy as a formal infirmity, found no prejudice to the accused, and held that the amendment did not alter the foundation of the prosecution. The distinction from the cited precedent was accepted on facts, and the orders permitting amendment disclosed no jurisdictional error. The challenge to the amendment therefore failed. en-us Tue, 10 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 03 Sep 2021 09:06:44 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=411800 A complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act could be amended to correct the cheque number where the cheque, bank memo and statutory notice all reflected the correct number and the mistake was confined to the complaint. The court treated the discrepancy as a formal infirmity, found no prejudice to the accused, and held that the amendment did not alter the foundation of the prosecution. The distinction from the cited precedent was accepted on facts, and the orders permitting amendment disclosed no jurisdictional error. The challenge to the amendment therefore failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 10 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=411800