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2006(3) JLJ 437
K.K. Lahoti, J.
Praveen Nahar v. Krishna Gopal Sanghi and another
Writ Petition No. 4166 of 2004: against the order of
I Additional District Judge, Chhindwara, passed in
Civil Suit No. 2-B of 2002;
Decided on 28.10.2005
The trial Court decided the admissibility of a document and held that it is as bond within the meaning of section 2(5) of the Indian Stamp Act, 1899. [Para 1
On 20.11.1997, matter was settled between the pan its that the defendant has to pay Rs.2,00,000/- to the plaintiff Dr. Nahar and Rs.2,00,000/- to Hariprasad Sanghi, total Rs.4,00,000/-. Defendants Akhilesh Agrawal and Krishan Gopal Sanghi promised to pay aforesaid amount and Krishan Gopal Sanghi agreed to pay half of the amount. Akhilesh Agrawal also agreed to pay half of the amount (near about Rs.2,00,000/- in 8 monthly instalments. It was further agreed that defendants shall deposit Rs.25,000/- as an instalment between 1st and 5th of every month at the shop of Rajkumar Agrawal who would deposit the amount in Dr. Nahar‘s bank OD limit. Document is signed by Dr. Nahar, defendants Krishan Gopal Sanghi and Akhilesh Agrawal, and is attested by six witnesses. This document is in question in this petition. [Para 5
Held : Document specifically shows that defendants promised to pay the amount in equal share to the plaintiff, in the instalment of Rs.25,000/- each. Document is duly signed by the executant and is attested by six witnesses. In aforesaid circumstances, there is no iota of doubt that the document is a bond and is liable for the payment of stamp duty under the Stamp Act ... In this case there is an express promise to pay and there is no condition in the document that the payment is to be made to order or bearer, and it has been duly signed by the maker and a tested by the witnesses. In aforesaid circumstances, I do not find any merit in this petition. It is dismissed with no order as to costs. 1961 JLJ 851 and 1975 JLJ SN 7 distinguished. 1980 JLJ Note 21 and 1976 JLJ 235 discussed. [Para 8
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1. Petitioner has challenged order dated 8.9.2004 passed by the I Additional District Judge, Chhindwara, in Civil Original Suit No. 2-B/2002 by which the trial Court decided the admissibility of a document and held that it is a bond within the meaning of section 2(5) of the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 (hereinafter referred to as the "Act") and directed that on payment of appropriate stamp duty, document shall be admissible in evidence.
2. Learned counsel for petitioner has challenged the order on the following grounds:
(i) That, the said document is not a bond within the meaning of section 2(5) of the Act and in fact it is an acknowledgement of loan accompanied by a promise to pay.
(ii) That, the document is not covered under the definition of section 2(5) of the Act.
(iii) Reliance is placed to the judgments of Single Bench in Mannalal Nanhelal v. Sitambernath Ramhirdelal [1961 JLJ 851=1975 JLJ SN 7], and submitted that the order passed by the trial Court be set aside.
3. Learned counsel appearing for respondents supported the order and it is submitted that the document in question is a bond and it falls within the definition of under section 2(5) of the Act and the trial Court has rightly held it to be a bond. He has placed reliance to a judgment of this Court in Radhe Shyam v. Kallu [1980 JLJ 21], and submitted that this petition may be dismissed.
4. To consider the rival contention of the parties, document in question may be seen which is on record as Annexure P-2. For ready reference, it is quoted as under:
^^jkthukek vkt fnukad 20-11-1997 fnu xq:okj dks LFkku Jh jktdqekj th vxzoky ds nqdku ij Jh d`”.k xksiky lka?kh] Jh ‘kadj ‘kekZ th] Jh vf[kys’k dqekj vxzoky] Jh jktdqekj th vxzoky] lat; vxzoky] vkseizdk’k lkgw] Jh izdk’k vxzoky] Jh jes’k vxzoky th dh mifLFkfr esa Jh d`”.k xksiky lka?kh] Jh vf[kys’k dqekj vxzoky] Mk- ukgj lkgc] Jh gfjizlkn th lka?kh ds e/; tks nsu&ysu dk fookn Fkk mldk fuiVkjk bl izdkj gqvk tks fd fuEu gS %& 1- Mk- ukgj lkgc dk 2]00]000@& ¼nks yk[k½ ,oa Jh gfjizlkn th lka?kh ,oa cPpksa dh fQDl fMiksftV dh xkjaVh esa Jh ujcnk vk;y fey dks vks-Mh-fyfeV dh jkf’k nksuksa yxHkx 4 yk[k pkj yk[kA 2- Ø-1 ¼,d½ dh jkf’k fooknxzLr gS tks fd ukgj lkgc dks nsuh gS ,oa Jh gfjizlkn th lka?kh ,oa cPpksa dh ,Q-Mh- xkjaVh cSad esa jde tek dj okil nsuh gSA 3- nksuksa jkf’k Jh vf[kys’k dqekj th vxzoky ,oa Jh d`”.k xksiky th lka?kh cjkcj&cjkcj Hkqxrku dj pqdrk djsaxsA 3A- Jh d`”.k xksiky lka?kh cjkcjh ds lkFk jkf’k dk Hkqxrku djus gsrq rS;kj gSA 4- Jh vf[kys’k dqekj th vxzoky mDr jkf’k esa cjkcj dk fglkc nks yk[k yxHkx 8 ekfld fdLrksa esa C;kt lfgr djsaxsA 5- ,d fnlEcj ls nksuksa ikVhZ ¼1½ d`”.k xksiky lka?kh ¼2½ Jh vf[kys’k dqekj th vxzoky nksuksa izfrekg 1 rkjh[k ls 5 rkjh[k ds chp 25]000&25]000 ¼iPphl&iPphl gtkj :i;s½ leku :i ls Jh jktdqekj th vxzoky ds nqdku ij tek djsaxs tks fd Jh Mk- ukgj lkgc dks ,d cSad vks-Mh- fyfeV esa leku :i ls tek djsaxs vkse izdk’k lkgwA 1- Jh d`”.k xksiky lka?kh lgh@gLrk- 2- Jh vf[kys’k dqekj vxzoky 3- Jh Mk- ukgj lkgc xokg 4- jktdqekj vxzoky 5- Jh ‘kadj ‘kekZ 6- jes’k vxzoky 7- izdk’k vxzoky 8- vkseizdk’k lkgw 9- Jh fNeu yky th lksyadh**
5. From the perusal of the document, it appears that on 20.11.1997, matter was settled between the parties that the defendant has to pay Rs.2,00,000/- to the plaintiff Dr. Nahar and Rs.2,00,000/- to Hariprasad Sanghi, total Rs.4,00,000/-. Defendants Akhilesh Agrawal and Krishan Gopal Sanghi promised to pay aforesaid amount and Krishan Gopal Sanghi agreed to pay half of the amount. Akhilesh Agrawal also agreed to pay half of the amount (nearabout Rs.2,00,000/- in 8 monthly instalments. It was further agreed that defendants shall deposit Rs.25,000/- as an instalments between 1st and 5th of every month at the shop of Rajkumar Agrawal who would deposit the amount in Dr. Nahar's bank OD limit. Document is signed by Dr. Nahar, defendants Krishan Goral Sanghi and Akhilesh Agrawal, and is attested by six witnesses. This document is in question in this petition.
6. Firstly the definition of
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