18 The life which she led when she resided with her grand mother came to an abrupt end. It would appear that there was bad feeling between the members of the family of the deceased and the accused. It emerged in evidence during the trial that the grandmother of the accused was man-handled during the fracas at "KHOTLA " where the matter concerning the death of the deceased was being discussed. It was repeatedly suggested to all the witnesses that the deceased's members of the family wanted to retaliate. The altercation which took place at "KHOTLA" when the matter of the death of the deceased was being dealt with, is used as a ground to support the said suggestion for retaliation. The accused run away or her parents removed herfromthat village. Her grandmother subsequently died. It is suggested that she died as a result of the killing of the deceased by her grand daughter, this accused. Although no member of the deceased family has been arrested for the killing of the accused's grand mother, the accused, sought to put the blame on the members of the family of the deceased. It is being argued on behalf of the accused that at present she has no where to go. Although she met and married her husband while she was at the place where she had gone to hide from the members of the deceased's family, that newly found refuge presently has no vacancy for her. She has been thrown out

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