Relying on the unwavering testimony of three children, Delhi high court has granted life imprisonment to a man who set his wife ablaze after she refused to give him money for alcohol. A bench of justices S Muralidhar and Vinod Goel upheld the findings of a trial court that had convicted the man and imprisoned him for life. HC said the testimonies of the children were sufficient to hold their father guilty of killing their mother and refused to interfere with the verdict. "In any event, the three children have clearly spoken about the incident and the role of the appellant (father) and have not been contradicted at all in their cross-examinations. Their testimonies by themselves are sufficient to bring home the guilt of the appellant for the offence with which he was charged. Having carefully examined the entire evidence, this court is not persuaded to come to a conclusion different from that reached by the trial court as far as the guilt of the appellant for the murder of his wife is concerned," the bench noted, while dismissing the appeal. HC observed that though the trial court imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on the man, it had not ordered payment of compensation to the children. Concerned about their welfare, the high court roped in Delhi State Legal Services Authority (DSLSA) to examine appropriate compensation that should be paid to the children in terms of the Delhi Victims Compensation Scheme. According to the police, the man had, on the afternoon of April 17, 2012, killed his wife in front of their children by pouring kerosene on her and setting her on fire. The incident occurred at their residence at Nai Basti, Kishan Ganj, after the woman refused to give any money to her husband, a habitual drunkard, to purchase liquor, police said. According to the eldest child, who was 16 at the time of the crime, his father first beat up his mother, then poured kerosene on her and set her on fire. She succumbed to her injuries later in the day.