JUDGMENT :

Heard.

2. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. The petition is heard finally by consent of the learned advocates for the parties at the admission stage.

3. In this criminal writ petition, challenge is to the judgment and order dated 15th November, 2022, passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Nagpur, whereby the learned Additional Sessions Judge allowed the revision application filed by the respondent/original complainant against the order of rejection of his application for amendment of the complaint and allowed the amendment application. The learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Nagpur, by his order dated 19th October, 2016, was pleased to reject the application at Exh.182 made by the respondent/original complainant for amendment of the complaint.

4. The facts relevant for deciding this petition are as follows:

Petitioner No.2 is the original accused. Petitioner No.1-Partnership Firm is the newly added accused No.1. Respondent is the complainant. In this judgment, parties would be referred by their nomenclature in the complaint. The complainant and accused initially were the partners of M/s. Srushti Developers. The complainant and his family members retired fro