A court here on Tuesday awarded life imprisonment to a 55-year-old man for burning alive his 25-year-old wife in 2014. Vasai Additional Sessions Judge N R Pradhan also slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on convict Govind Barkya Pachalkar, a resident of Navsai. Additional Public Prosecutor Jaiprakash Patil informed the court that Pachalkar frequently demanded money from his wife Kamala for liquor.