SHOCKING! Koena Mitra Gets 6-month Imprisonment In Cheque Bounce Case
As shocking as it might sound, Koena Mitra has reportedly been convicted by a metropolitan magistrate's court and sentenced to six months of imprisonment.
As
shocking
as
it
might
sound,
Koena
Mitra
has
reportedly
been
convicted
by
a
metropolitan
magistrate's
court
and
sentenced
to
six
months
of
imprisonment.
As
per
a
report
in
Mumbai
Mirror,
a
model
named
Poona
Sethi
filed
a
complaint
against
Koena.
The
'Musafir'
actress
was
asked
to
pay
Rs
4.64
lakh
to
the
complainant.
The
amount
included
an
interest
of
Rs
1.64
lakh.
The
report
states
that
Poonam
had
filed
a
complaint
in
2013
on
account
of
Koena's
cheque
to
her,
bouncing
for
"want
of
funds." However,
the
allegations
have
been
denied
by
Koena,
who
will
soon
challenge
the
court's
judgment.
The
report
stated
details
about
the
case
wherein
it
was
mentioned
that
Koena
Mitra
had
borrowed
Rs
22
lakh
from
Poonam
Sethi.
This
transaction
occurred
over
a
period
of
time.
Later,
during
repayment
of
the
loan,
Poonam
Sethi
received
a
cheque
of
Rs
3
lakh
from
Koena
Mitra.
However,
this
cheque
was
not
accepted
by
the
bank
and
it
bounced.
Following
the
dishonouring
of
the
cheque,
Poonam
Sethi
sent
a
legal
notice
to
Koena
Mitra
on
July
19,
2013.
The
actress
was
unable
to
pay
the
required
amount
even
after
receiving
the
notice.
Then,
Poonam
Sethi
filed
a
court
complaint
on
October
10,
2013.
During
the
hearing,
Koena
offered
a
point
of
contention
that
the
complainant
stole
her
cheques.
She
had
reportedly
further
argued
that
Sethi
was
lending
money
illegally.
To
this,
the
court
held
that
the
arguments
were
mutually
contradicting.
"Furthermore,
in
the
present
matter,
said
cheque
is
not
dishonoured
on
the
count
of
'payment
stopped
by
drawer'.
It
is
dishonoured
on
the
count
of
'funds
insufficient'.
If
at
all,
it
is
presumed
that
complainant
took
the
cheques
from
the
accused's
house,
which
was
blank
and
misused
them,
then
the
option
of
stopping
the
payment
was
very
well
available
with
the
accused.
But
she
did
not
do
anything
like
this.
Thus,
the
conduct
of
accused
prior
and
subsequent
to
the
dishonoured
of
said
cheque
constrained
me
to
hold
that
this
defence
is
afterthought
and
taken
only
to
evade
the
liability," the
court,
as
per
the
Mumbai
Mirror
report
observed.
(-sic)
Meanwhile,
Koena
told
Mirror,
"The
case
is
totally
false
and
I
have
been
framed
in
the
matter." She
further
revealed
that
her
lawyers,
who
could
not
be
present
in
the
court
during
her
final
hearing,
are
in
the
process
of
appealing
to
the
higher
court.