Koena Mitra sentenced to 6-month imprisonment in cheque-bouncing case; actress says she's framed, will approach higher courts

Koena Mitra has been sentenced to six-month imprisonment by a court in Mumbai in a cheque-bouncing case.  actress, however, said that she will challenge verdict in a higher court and alleged that she has been framed. 

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As per a report on PTI, Andheri Metropolitan Court, in an order on July 6, held Mitra guilty and sentenced her to six-month imprisonment.  court also directed her to pay complainant Rs 4.64 lakh as compensation. 

case dates back to 2013. A model named Poonam Sethi filed a lawsuit against Mitra after a Rs 3-lakh cheque sent by her for loan repayment bounced. Mitra allegedly borrowed Rs 22 lakh from Sethi over a period of time, but didn’t repay it. 

model sent a legal tice to Mitra on July 19, 2013 over same, and n filed ar complaint to prosecute her as per Negotiable Instruments Act. 

Mitra stated that she wanted to face trial after pleing t guilty to charges. During trial, all of Mitra’s allegations including ones claiming that Sethi didn’t possess financial capacity to lend her Rs 22 lakh and that Sethi was involved in an illegal money-lending business were dismissed by court. 

"Merely because she (Sethi) did t enter into any service contract with production houses for modelling or in 2012-13 she was doing 'small ' of modelling as compared to accused, who was allegedly a well-kwn film artist even prior to 2012-13, will t affect capacity of Poonam to vance such friendly loan to accused," court was quoted as saying. 

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court also stated that if Mitra doesn’t pay compensation,  six-month imprisonment could would be extended up to nine months. 

When contacted, Mitra stated that she has been ‘framed’ and that she will approach higher courts. 

Mitra is kwn for films like ‘Musafir’ and ‘Apna Sapna Money Money’. She recently came back to spotlight after her song ‘Saki’ from 'Musafir' was recreated for ‘Batla House’ movie.