According to prosecution, on 18-11-2004, at about 8 P.M., the accused set fire to the parents’ house of P.W.1. Out of nine witnesses examined, P.Ws.1 to 4 are the material witnesses. P.W.1 deposed that she lived with her husband for three years, and thereafter, they have been living separately and after separation with her husband, she developed illicit intimacy with the accused and during that illicit intimacy, there were some disputes between them. She deposed that due to those disputes, she went away to her parents’ house, stayed there since three days prior to the incident. She deposed that on the date of incident at about 8 P.M., the accused came to her and asked her to come back for which she did not agree and on that, the accused took up a kerosene lamp from the house and poured kerosene on thatched house of parents and set fire. She deposed that as a result, her parents’ house was burnt and articles inside the house were also burnt. She deposed that her neighbour’s house was also burnt and their belongings were also burnt. In the cross- examination, except putting suggestions, nothing was elicited from her and her neighbour whose house was also burnt. She is examined as P.W.2 and she deposed that the accused set fire to the house of parents of P.W.1 and it also extended to her house and articles worth of Rs.35,000/- were burnt in the said fire. She also deposed about the disputes between
