JUDGMENT :

Sachin Shankar Magadum, J.

1. The captioned regular first appeal is filed by the defendants assailing the judgment and decree dated 12.7.2019 passed in O.S. No. 8096/2016 by the X Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge at Bengaluru City, wherein the suit is decreed holding that the plaintiff is entitled to recover a sum of Rs. 5,98,039/- with interest at 24% per annum from 14.5.2014 till its final realisation from defendants 1 and 2 jointly and severally, however, the claim of the plaintiff insofar as Rs. 2,94,566/- is concerned, the same is dismissed. This part of the judgment and decree is not challenged by the plaintiff.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties are referred to as per their rank before the trial Court.

3. The facts leading to the case are as under:

(a) The plaintiff filed a suit for recovery by alleging that the plaintiff-firm is a distributor for paper and paper articles for reputed paper manufactures in India. The defendants are in the field of printing and other allied activities. The defendants purchased the paper and paper articles under the invoice No. B383/14-15 dated 12.05.2014 for a sum of Rs. 2,94,566/- and Rs. 5,98,039/- under invoice No. B4