Couple get life term in arson case

A Delhi court has awarded life imprisonment to a couple who set ablaze their neighbour’s house,resulting in the death of a four-and-half year old girl two years ago.

Additional Sessions Judge Ravinder Dudeja also imposed a fine of Rs 8,000 on Jahangir Puri resident Kamal and his wife Guddi,who had poured oil and set their neighbour Phirangi’s hutment on fire in February 2009 following a quarrel between children of the two families.

The court,while convicting the couple,dismissed the defence counsel’s submissions that there was no motive on their part to commit the murder.