Convict Maya Prakash of Tatarapur village here had borrowed Rs five lakh from Sarvesh Kumar of Jinehra village on April 27, 2010 and promised to return the money in a month's time.
Prakash wrote a cheque in the name of Kumar which was later deemed bounced by the Etah Gramin Bank owing to insufficient funds.
A case was filed by Kumar following which Additional Judicial Magistrate Vijay Kumar today sentenced the punishment.