Friendships at times turn sour and that has been the case for a while now between actress Koena Mitra and model Poonam Sethi. Problems between the two started after the former reportedly borrowed a sum of Rs. 22 lakhs at different intervals and failed to repay on the stipulated time. The issue became serious when Koena Mitra’s assurances to pay back were turning into words not put to action after which Poonam Sethi filed a case in 2013 and the court had ordered her to make a payment of three lakhs. However, the cheque had bounced back and the case had come up in the court again on July 6 with Koena’s lawyer going on to state Poonam being not a big and popular model could not have managed to lend a big amount as being stated.

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Meanwhile, the Court has now issued a statement after observing the arguments made by both parties saying, "Merely because she (Sethi) did not enter into any service contract with production houses for modeling or in 2012-13 she was doing 'small type' of modeling 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,". In their judgment, the court has now given a six-month jail to Koena while ordering her to make a compensation of Rs. 4.64 lakhs. The magistrate in the order further added that Koena Mitra will have to undergo imprisonment for three months if she failed to pay the compensation amount to Poonam Sethi. Koena Mitra, 35, is known among Tamil cinema fans for making appearances in the 'Koduva Meesai' song in Vikram’s Dhool and  in the 'Honey Honey' song in Suriya’s Ayan

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