Admittedly, Raj Kaur (deceased), on account of her love-affair with appellant Gurmel Singh, had abandoned her married life with Hari Singh without taking divorce from him (Hari Singh) and had started living with appellant Gurmel Singh. Thus, both appellant Gurmel Singh and Raj Kaur had a live-in relationship with each other. This relationship was of trust. Since marriage of Raj Kaur with Hari Singh had not been dissolved by any Court of law nor any divorce in a customary manner had been obtained, obviously, Raj Kaur was living with the appellant by throwing all societal norms to wind. The appellant, in his statement under Section 313 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, stated that Raj Kaur caught fire accidentally while she was cooking food. Raj Kaur had died while living with the appellant under suspicious circumstances. The appellant has not been able to explain satisfactorily as to how Raj Kaur had caught fire. The facts and circumstances, discussed above, suggest that there was no harmony in the `live in' relationship of appellant Gurmel Singh with Raj Kaur (deceased), which led the deceased to take the extreme step of committing suicide. For reaching this conclusion, I am influenced by the fact that it was the appellant who had compelled Raj Kaur to abandon her married life with Hari Singh on account of his (appellant's) love affair with Raj Kaur (deceased) and thereafter he started
