<p>A court here today sentenced Meena Devi, former principal of a school in Saran district, to 17 years in prison in connection with the deaths of 23 schoolchildren who died after eating contaminated food in 2013.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Additional District and Sessions Judge (II) Vijay Anand Tiwary had on August 24 convicted Meena Devi, ex-principal of Dharmasati Gandaman Primary School, but acquitted her husband Arjun Rai for lack of evidence.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />As per the order, she will have to undergo 10 years of imprisonment under 304 while seven years of imprisonment under 308 of IPC.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.</p>
<p>A court here today sentenced Meena Devi, former principal of a school in Saran district, to 17 years in prison in connection with the deaths of 23 schoolchildren who died after eating contaminated food in 2013.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Additional District and Sessions Judge (II) Vijay Anand Tiwary had on August 24 convicted Meena Devi, ex-principal of Dharmasati Gandaman Primary School, but acquitted her husband Arjun Rai for lack of evidence.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />As per the order, she will have to undergo 10 years of imprisonment under 304 while seven years of imprisonment under 308 of IPC.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.</p>