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He also contended that the documents on which reliance is placed by SCB were not proved. The evidence of the plaintiff's witness, Kalyana Raman, employee of ABFSL, shows that only two persons, namely, himself and another officer of ABFSL, R.V. Shenoy, had dealt with such transactions. But neither officer claimed any personal knowledge of the suit bonds transaction. Further, that Kalyana Raman gave evidence that the dealers were mainly dealing with one Shiv Kumar, another officer of SCB, who might be in the know of the suit bonds transaction. Although, SCB took out a Chamber Summons for examining the said Shiv Kumar as he was posted at Singapore at the material point, the Chamber Summons was not pursued and Shiv Kumar was not examined. Thus, according to Mr. Kapadia, there is no evidence worth reliance placed on record to show how the deal was struck and the contract of the purchase of the bonds was brought about, as the documents placed on record were hardly worth credence. That during the cross examination of Kalyana Raman, SCB was specifically called upon to produce on record the document showing HPD's involvement in the transaction and the learned counsel for SCB stated that there were no such documents in existence at all. Mr. Kapadia, therefore, submitted that no evidence could be considered contrary to the pleadings of SCB, for which he strongly relied on Siddik Mohamed Shah v. Mt. Saran & Ors. , Bhagatsingh & Ors. v. Jaswant Singh and Shri Venkataramana Devaru & Ors. v. State of Mysore. For all these reasons, Mr. Kapadia submitted that SCB had failed to prove that it had acquired title to the suit bonds even on 26/27.2.1992.