Kuttan vs Varanamalyam Kuries (P) Ltd on 22 January, 2020
In Hafsa Rahman v. State of Kerala : 2017 (3) KHC
49, the amendment of the complaint proposed was for correcting
the name of the person who had signed the cheque. All that the
complainant sought in that case was for correcting the words
Crl.M.C.No.8798/2019
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"2nd accused" appearing in paragraph 6 of the complaint as "4th
accused". This Court permitted amendment of the complaint.
This Court held that a formal amendment for curing an infirmity,
especially of the nature of clerical or typographical error, which
would not change the nature of the complaint, could be allowed,
so long as it does not cause any serious prejudice to the accused.