<p><strong> PETER-ODILI JSC (Delivering the Lead Judgment): </strong> The appellant is a native of Haragawa village in lllellah Local Government Area of Sokoto State and was married to the deceased, Salamatu Habibu. The marriage was contracted in 1992. On or about 17 February 1995, the deceased left their matrimonial home purportedly to fetch water and proceeded to her parent’s home. Mediation efforts to reconcile the couple failed. On or about 11 March 1995, the deceased died of injuries inflicted on her with the allegation on the appellant to have caused her death. He was charged before the High Court, Sokoto State,for culpable homicide punishable with death under section 221 of the Penal Code. The appellant was tried and convicted of the charge and sentenced to death by the honourable Justice D. B. Sambo on 16 May 2006 and in dissatisfaction, the appellant appealed to the Sokoto Division of the Court of Appeal, hereinafter also called the court below. That court on 18 April2010, dismissed the appeal a…</p>