A Mumbai court has convicted actor Koena Mitra in a cheque bounce case and sentenced her to six months\u2019 imprisonment. In an order passed on July 6, Andheri Metropolitan Court Magistrate Ketaki Chavan also directed Mitra to pay a compensation of Rs 4.64 lakh to model Poonam Sethi, the complainant in the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The court was hearing a 2013 case, as per which Mitra borrowed Rs 22 lakh from Sethi over a period of time, but failed to return the entire amount. As per the court order, Mitra issued a cheque of Rs 3 lakh to Sethi to repay a loan, but it was dishonoured by the bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On July 19, 2013, Sethi issued a legal notice to Mitra over the dishonoured cheque. When Mitra failed to return the money following the notice, Sethi, on October 10, 2013, filed a complaint to initiate proceedings against her under the Negotiable Instruments Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mitra pleaded not guilty before the court and said she wanted to face trial. During the trial, the actor\u2019s lawyer argued, among other things, that Sethi was a \u201csmall type\u201d model who could not have had the wherewithal to lend her Rs 22 lakh. Her lawyer also alleged that Sethi ran an illegal money lending business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The court, however, dismissed the arguments. \u201cMerely because she did not enter into any service contract with production houses for modelling or in 2012-13 she was doing \u2018small type\u2019 of modelling as compared to the accused, who was allegedly a well-known film artist even prior to 2012-13, will not affect the capacity of Poonam to advance such friendly loan to the accused,\u201d the court said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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