good family relations, defendants approached him in October, 2008 requesting him to lend them a sum of ₹5 lakh for some financial compulsions. Plaintiff lent the amount of ₹5 lakh to the defendants in cash on 28.10.2008, which they promised to re-pay in 3-4 years along with interest at the rate of 2% per month. Defendants failed to pay either the principle or the interest amount and when plaintiff approached them in 2014, the defendants requested him to wait for another 02 years, as defendant No.1 would retire from service of Indian Railways in July, 2016 and would get huge amount. Although plaintiff acceded to this request but on his asking, the amount was calculated and it worked out to ₹20 lakh and both the defendants agreed to pay ₹15 lakh. On insistence of the plaintiff either to pay the amount of ₹15 lakh immediately or to acknowledge the same in writing, the defendant No.1 issued a pronote & receipt dated 14.01.2014 for an amount of ₹15 lakh and later on, defendant No.2 also put her thumb impression on the said pronote and receipt on 19.01.2014. After retirement of defendant No.1 on 31.07.2016, plaintiff requested the defendants to return the amount but they flatly refused. With these averments, plaintiff sought recovery of ₹15 lakh along with interest at the rate of 2% per annum with pendente lite and future interest.
