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16. At this juncture, it is relevant to extract the observation made by the High Court of Delhi in the case of Vipen Kumar Parwanda Vs. Gunjan Kumar and another, reported in 2023 SCC Online Delhi 2448, at paragraph No.43, it is held as follows:

"43. Further, it is settled law that written instruments are entitled to a much higher degree of credit than oral evidence. When the parties deliberately put their agreement into writing, it is conclusively presumed between themselves and their privies, that they intended the writing to form a full and final statement of their intentions, and one which should be placed beyond the reach of future controversy, bad faith and treacherous memory. Ergo, the court can only look at the writing alone in order to construe what the terms of the contract are and what the intention/objective/purpose of the instrument. In the present case, the sale deed dated 15.01.2010 does not by any stretch of imagination through any of the recitals show that the instrument was only executed to secure a loan. Arguendo, even if assuming without conceding that the sale deed dated 15.01.2010 was to secure a loan, the Appellant could have executed a mortgage deed instead of executing a