Koena Mitra sentenced to six months in jail in cheque bounce case

MUMBAI - Bollywood actress Koena Mitra has been sentenced to six months in prison in a cheque bounce case.

Responding to the matter, Koena said that she has been framed, adding that she will challenge the order in a higher court, India Today reported.

The case was registered against Koena in accordance with a complaint lodged by model Poonam Sethi in 2013.

Following this, Koena was asked to pay Rs 4.64 lakh, of which Rs 1.64 lakh was an interesting component, to complainant Sethi.

“It is a court matter, so obviously we will go to the higher court to challenge the order. The higher court will give us an order (and) only then can we talk about it. Right now, I don’t have anything to say except that it’s a fraud case and I am being framed,” Koena told IANS over the phone from Mumbai.

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Sethi’s complaint states that Koena had, over time, borrowed Rs 22 lakh from her. When the actress gave Sethi a cheque of Rs 3 lakh as part of the repayment, it bounced, reportedly for ‘want of funds’.

At the Andheri Metropolitan court in Mumbai, Magistrate Ketaki Chavan rejected Koena’s arguments, which included her claim that Sethi could not afford to lend her Rs 22 lakh.

Koena said that her lawyer wasn’t present in the court during the final argument, so the order was passed without her side of the argument being presented. She added that her lawyers are currently working on a challenge plea.