The Judge of Seventh Additional Sessions Court B Sunitha on Tuesday awarded life imprisonment to two women (mother and daughter) and three of their family members to three-year imprisonment on charge of murdering a woman at Thimmapuram area under S Rayavaram police station limits in the district. According to Public Prosecutor G Srinivas, housewife Chevveti Kumari (26), wife of Ch Chanti, was preparing food in her kitchen when her mother-in-law and her daughters poured kerosene on her and set her ablaze on July 31, 2012.
Kumari raised an alarm and later jumped into a well to save herself from the burns.
She was taken to a hospital where she died later.
Dying declaration
In her dying declaration, she named all the five persons who were convicted by the judge. The S Rayavaram police registered a case.
Kumari’s mother-in-law Chevveti Simhachalam and Simhachalam’s daughter Mangeti Vasantha were given life term and slapped a fine of ₹ 30,000.
Similarly, Chanti’s other two sisters Varalakshmi and Sankaram and his brother Raju were given three years jail term and asked to pay a fine of ₹10,000 each.