Section 44 in Jammu and Kashmir Contract Act, Svt. 1977 (1920 A.D.)
44. Effect of release of one joint promiser
Where two or more persons have made a joint promise, a release of one of such joint promisers by the promisee does not discharge the other joint promiser or joint promisers; neither does it free the joint promiser so released from responsibility to the other joint promiser or joint promisers.
