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(see Sections 2, 6 and 17 of the award). Danpal did not file the document within the specified time, but he filed instead, without giving any notice to Hemraj, another document executed by the three debtors on June 21, 1926. Hemraj filed his application for execution of the decree on January 9, 1928. Danpal then filed on February 6, 1928, the promissory note dated November 21, 1924, by which time it had become time-barred.
6. On December 3, 1928, Hemraj filed a suit in the Court of the Subordinate Judge of Agra for the amount due under the promissory note making the executants of the note, defendants Nos. 1 to 3, and Danpal, defendant No. 4. The suit was dismissed as against defendants Nos. 1 to 3 as barred by time, but it was decreed against Danpal. It was admitted in the suit that the document dated June 21 was a forgery. The proceedings showed that Danpal allowed the promissory note to become barred by acting fraudulently towards Hemraj. In the course of the judgment, the Subordinate Judge remarked :