A court in Wardha district pronounced the 'guilty' verdict on the prime accused in the sensational incident in which a young woman lecturer was doused with petrol and burnt by her spurned suitor on a road outside her college in Hinganghat town two years ago, a top law officer said here on Wednesday.

"The court has found the prime accused Vikesh Nagrale guilty of the offences committed two years ago. As per the Supreme Court orders, the quantum of punishment will be argued tomorrow after which the court will deliver its final verdict," Special Public Prosecutor (SSP) Ujjwal Nikam told mediapersons.