{"id":58128,"date":"2019-11-27T12:13:19","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T06:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=58128"},"modified":"2019-11-27T12:13:19","modified_gmt":"2019-11-27T06:43:19","slug":"teacher-sentenced-to-life-for-setting-ablaze-woman-colleague","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/teacher-sentenced-to-life-for-setting-ablaze-woman-colleague","title":{"rendered":"Teacher sentenced to life for setting ablaze woman colleague"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/life-imprisonment-till-death.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"58057\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/mizoram-court-sentences-myanmarese-man-to-life-imprisonment-till-death-for-killing-wife\/life-imprisonment-till-death\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/life-imprisonment-till-death.jpg?fit=284%2C177&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"284,177\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"life imprisonment till death\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/life-imprisonment-till-death.jpg?fit=284%2C177&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/life-imprisonment-till-death.jpg?fit=284%2C177&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-58057\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/life-imprisonment-till-death.jpg?resize=284%2C177&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"284\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/life-imprisonment-till-death.jpg?w=284&amp;ssl=1 284w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/life-imprisonment-till-death.jpg?resize=150%2C93&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px\" \/><\/a>A local court on Tuesday convicted a 30-year-old teacher of a private school here for killing a woman colleague by setting her ablaze in March 2015 and sentenced him to life imprisonment.<\/p>\n<p>The city Court found Challa Shiva Prasad guilty under IPC Section 302 (murder)and sentenced him to life imprisonment.<\/p>\n<p>It also slapped a fine of Rs 2000 on him, a release from the Rachakonda Police Commissionerate said.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the 32-year-old woman teacher and Shiva Prasad used to have frequent quarrels over certain financial transactions between them and also running of the school<\/p>\n<p>On March 24, 2015 Shiva Prasad went to her house, where a quarrel again broke out over how the school should be run.<\/p>\n<p>When she went into the kitchen, Shiva Prasad locked the front door, pushed herdown, doused her with kerosene and set her ablaze.<\/p>\n<p>Hearing her screams, neighbours rushed to the house, broke open the front door and found her lying dead with Shiva Prasad standing near the body.<\/p>\n<p>Based on a complaint filed by the womans husband, a case was registered and Shiva Prasad was arrested, police said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A local court on Tuesday convicted a 30-year-old teacher of a private school here for killing a woman colleague by setting her ablaze in March 2015 and sentenced him to life imprisonment. 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