Chapra: A court sentenced Meena Devi, former principal of a school in Saran district, where twenty three students died after eating contaminated mid-day meals in 2013, to 17 years in prison.
Additional District and Sessions Judge (II) Vijay Anand Tiwary had convicted Meena Devi on August 24, ex-principal of Dharmasati Gandaman Primary School, but her husband Arjun Rai was acquitted for lack of evidence.
The court sentenced Devi to 17 years under two sections of 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) and 308 (attempt to commit culpable homicide) of the IPC.
As per the order, she will 10 years of imprisonment under 304 while seven years of imprisonment under 308 of IPC.
The court made it clear that she would have to serve the two sentences separately.
Besides, it also slapped a fine of Rs 2.50 lakh under section 304 and Rs 1.25 lakh under Section 308 of the IPC on Devi.
Twenty-three teenaged students of the school had died after eating their mid-day meals on July 16, 2013, an incident which rocked the state. Both Devi and her husband were taken into custody after the incident.
The court acquitted Meena's husband Rai who was charged with supplying the contaminated oil with which the meals were cooked on the fateful day.
(With Inputs from PTI)
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