favour of defendant no. 2/appellant is hit by doctrine of lis pendens and that defendant no. 2/appellant is not a bona fide purchaser. The High Court noted that the suit was filed on 24.12.1992 and the next date before the Trial Court was fixed6 on 12.01.1993. However, the sale deed was executed by defendant no. 1 in favour of defendant no. 2 on 08.01.1993. Both defendant no. 1 and defendant no. 2 being the residents of same village, it is unbelievable that he was not having the knowledge of the agreement, for, the sale deed in favour of defendant no. 2 was for a lesser amount than the subject agreement. The agreement was for a sale consideration of Rs. 7,94,000/- whereas the sale deed was for Rs. 6,45,937.50. It is also held that mere relationship between the plaintiff and defendant no. 1 would not be a ground to deny the discretionary relief and moreover, when both the courts below have found that the plaintiff was always ready and willing to perform his part of the contract. 8. Mr.