The writ petitioner, who is the defendant in O.S.210/02, the suit instituted for realization of amounts as per cheque issued has sought to quash the order of the Munsiff declining his request to have the magnetic tape that he has produced, played in the open court. The conversations he had with the plaintiff on the alleged date of the transaction involving the handing over of the disputed cheque is fully recorded in the cassette, he claims. The suit based on a loan transaction is contested by the defendant alleging that the cheque happened to be transmitted on account of the deception and subterfuge perpetrated by the plaintiff to secure job as Conductor in the KSRTC for the son of the defendant. The plaintiff had made him believe that he has got close contacts at the Cabinet level and that only on payment of Rs.1,75,000, the assignment would materialize. The defendant paid Rs.1,25,000 in cash and for the balance, a cheque for Rs.50,000 was issued. Later, the defendant realised that his son was selected purely on merit and not on account of any intervention by the plaintiff. Thereafter, the defendant instructed his bank to stop payment on the particular cheque. The defe