This is a suit for recovery of Rs. 2,50,000 along with interest, filed by the plaintiff against the defendant. The case of the plaintiff is that he advanced a loan of the said amount to the defendant, who promised to repay it within one year and executed a written agreement for this purpose. Despite repeated requests and a legal notice, the defendant did not repay the amount. The defendant, in his written statement, admitted his signature on the agreement but pleaded that he had already returned a part of the amount in cash. However, he has not produced any receipt or witness in support of this plea. The plaintiff has proved the agreement and the legal notice through his own evidence and that of an attesting witness, whose testimony could not be shaken in cross examination. On a careful consideration of the evidence on record, the court finds that the plaintiff has successfully proved his case. The suit is decreed for the principal amount with simple interest at the rate of six percent per annum from the date of filing of the suit till the date of realisation, with costs.