Guys sorry I couldnt contribute to the discussion completely yesterday as I was having some internet issues and somehow managed to put the analysis. So I want to put some more points about Beyhadh.
As I said I had couple of ends in my mind.
One of course the dark end factfictionmyth was mentioning that Maya is really alive somewhere. But if they didnt wanted to go for the dark end, the best end I had in my mind was which would have been emotionally satisfying for me as viewer is as mentioned below.
Yes Arjun kills Maya and once she dies they do a private funeral as Maya is a criminal so that it cannot be done public, Arjun has to give agni to it. Then Arjun and Saanjh go back. They make Jhanvi speak out the truth of Maya's childhood, what happened to her as Arjun knows certain things, but he makes Jhanvi tell everything where we would have got the truth of Maya's 9th birthday also. Then they name their baby Arya and then they are shown supporting abused children in some way. Especially Saanjh who is a lawyer. Yes Arjun couldnt do complete justice to Maya. But the life with her, her death teaches Saajun something with which they ensure another Maya is not created and a Ashwin is sent to jail on time.
And yes a symbolic lamp in Maya's name each time a child gets justice as she showed them to walk in that path.
This would have ensured the message Arjun had loved Maya, he has love for her but then Saanjh carved out her own space in his world to come out. It would have also shown Saanjh as a mature woman than the girl running behind Arjun and Saajun as a mature couple bringing up their Arya with lots of love and care.
Here all the 3 characters would have been vindicated. There is no guilt, there is no revenge. But a lesson that is learnt helps in bringing out a positive change to the society. Then it would have been Sab Maya hai, Arjun ki Maya in a more clear sense.
Second option would have been someone neutral traces Maya's history. They could have used that doctor in prison who calls Maya her complicated case for this purpose. She goes in search of what happened to Maya as the Maya she saw and the Maya she read are different people and she had an urge to know this woman. It generally happens when people handle complicated cases. Then before Maya runs with the baby this lady somehow comes and tells the truth to Saajun. But Maya dies in childbirth saving the baby. Then of course they could show what I mentioned in the first option.
Basically what I wanted was not any guilt, but the life that moves forward with a better thought process.
But CVs kept everything Maya and of course Jenny made the show special, very special.