suit land through a sale purportedly made by the late Bachchi Mandal on 22nd December 1995. According to the <span class="hidden_text" id="span_3"> Patna High Court CWJC No.1091 of 2013 (12) dt. 24 .06.2014</span> petitioners, the said sale was later on cancelled on 29th February 1996. The land continued to be the joint property of the six brothers and was partitioned amongst them on 12th April 2009 under a partition deed.