(1.) Leave granted.
(2.) Appellant has preferred the present criminal appeal being aggrieved by the final judgment and order of the Madras High Court dtd. 26/2/2024, whereby the High Court allowed the Criminal Original Petition No.1533/2024 preferred by the respondents-accused and thereby quashed Complaint bearing STC No.1106/2022 filed by the appellantcomplainant under Sec. 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (hereinafter "the Act", for the sake of brevity) against the respondents.
(3.) Learned counsel for the appellant made the following submissions to differentiate a partnership firm from other entities with limited liability, such as a company, to support his contention that the partners of a partnership firm are liable to be prosecuted individually sans the partnership firm being arraigned as an accused or being issued notice under Sec. 138 of the Act or as required under Sec. 141 of the Act, in the following manner: