IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED : 20.01.2026 CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNDER MOHAN M.Paramasivam ...Petitioner -Vs-

M.Baskar S/o.Mani, No.19-B, Karuppasamy Koil 1^st Street, Erode Taluk, Erode District. ...Respondent PRAYER: Criminal Revision Petition is filed under Sections 438 r/w 442 of BNSS Act, 2023, to call for the records and set aside the order passed in M.P.No.1 of 2025 in S.T.C.No.349 of 2023 on the file of the learned Judicial Magistrate Fast Track Court-II, Erode by an order dated 21.11.2025.

For Petitioner : Mr.M.Sivakumar

ORDER

The Revision challenges the order passed in Crl.M.P.No.1 of 2025, by which the learned Magistrate had permitted the respondent herein to amend the proof affidavit and complaint.

2.The petitioner is an accused facing prosecution under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. The respondents had stated in the statutory notice, proof affidavit and in his deposition that the cheque issued by the petitioner was drawn on State Bank of India, Erode Main Branch instead of Karnataka Bank Limited, Erode Main Branch and therefore, sought for amendment. The learned Magistrate observed that it is only a typographical error, as the r