IBRAHIM SHATA BDLIYA, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The appellant, Idris Danjuma, was arraigned on charge No. K/126/2014 before the Kano State High Court of Justice (the lower Court) for committing the offence of rape punishable under Section 283 of the Penal Code, Kano State. He pleaded not guilty to the allegation of committing the offence. At the trial before the lower Court, the prosecution called five(5) witnesses and tendered documents which were admitted in evidence to prove the charge against the appellant. The appellant testified on his behalf and called a witness who testified in his defence. The learned trial judge, after considering the evidence before him, found the appellant guilty, and convicted him accordingly, and sentenced him to 25 years imprisonment, fined him N50,000.00 ordered payment of N100,000.00 to the prosecutrix. The appellant was aggrieved by the conviction, sentence and the award of compensation, hence the appeal to this Court.
The appellants b…