decree holder in the present case enjoyed harvesting 24 acres of land for over 25 years and then sold the said land for a sum of Rs. 39 lakhs on 17.07.2009 to respondent no. 3 who was gambling on the litigation. He had full knowledge of the litigation which is reflected from the recital in the sale deed (in para 4 of the sale deed) wherein he agreed that if the decree holder loses the litigation, Rs. 39 lakhs would be paid back to him (to the purchaser) without interest. This crucial point was not noticed by the courts below as probably, the said information was not made available to the court. Such subsequent purchaser can never be treated as bona fide 5 (2003) 8 SCC 6488 purchaser as held in the matter of Chinnamal (supra), Gurjoginder Singh vs. Jaswant Kaur & Anr.6 & Padanathil (supra). 6. Per contra, Mr. Vinay Navare learned senior counsel appearing for respondent nos. 1 and 2 would submit that even assuming that the modified decree was for Rs. 17120/-, auction sale by the