Principal gets 10yr jail for midday meal tragedy
The principal of a primary school in Bihar was on Monday awarded 10 years of imprisonment by Chhapra court over a 2013 midday meal tragedy, wherein 23 children died after consuming poisonous food. Acquitting the principal of murder charges, attempt to murder and criminal conspiracy, the court gave maximum sentence for culpable homicide, not amounting to murder and criminal negligence.