<p><strong> ABIRU JCA (Delivering the Lead Judgment): </strong> This appeal is against the judgment of the Katsina State High Court in charge No. KHT/FT/7C/2007, delivered by Honorable Justice Ibrahim M. Bako, on 20 December 2012. The appellant was charged with culpable homicide punishable with death under section 221 of the Penal Code of Katsina State. The appellant was alleged to have caused the death of one Jamilu Yahaya on 11 August 2006, at Government Secondary School, Funtua in FuntuaLocal Government Area of Katsina State, by stabbing him with a knife on the head and on the stomach with the knowledge that death would be the probable consequence of the act.</p><p>The appellant pleaded not guilty and the matter proceeded to trial and in the course of which, the respondent cal ed four (4)witnesses and tendered four (4) exhibits - a medical report of death, report of post-mortem examination and the English and Hausa versions of the statement made by the appellant to the police in proof its case against the ap…</p>