HINDI
V.
THE STATE

(1974) JELR 46180 (SC)

Supreme Court · SC.120/1974 · 23 May 1974 · Nigeria
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HINDI v. THE STATE (1974) 5 S.C. (REPRINT) 33

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GEORGE B.A. COKER Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria ATANDA FATAYI-WILLIAMS Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria AYO GABRIEL IRIKEFE Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria

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section

court

case

criminal procedure code

penal code

counsel

false evidence

high court

provisions of section

judicial proceedings

learned chief magistrate

chief magistrate

yerwa civil court

upper area court no.

grounds of appeal

sub-section

alhaji umar shettima

first information report

stage of a judicial proceeding

learned counsel

accused person

appellant of the offence

area court

chief magistrate of an offence

competency of the proceedings

course of a reserved judgment

course of his final address

court proceedings

evidence of the 1st p.w.

favour of alhaji mai deribe

following notes

further hearing of the case

ground of appeal

hearing of the appeal

high court of the north-eastern state

indian penal code

intention of the accused person

joseph chuma phil-ebosie

late alhaji zanna laisu

leading judgment

notice of appeal

objection of the learned counsel

prima facie case

records of proceedings

sanctioning of such complaint

section deals

taking cognizance of an offence

victim of the fabricated evidence

wording of s.121

COKER, J.S.C. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The appellant was at the Magistrate's Court, Maiduguri, convicted by the Chief Magistrate of an offence under Section 158 of the Penal Code. On his arraignment before the magistrate, a First Information Report (hereinafter referred to as F.I.R.) pursuant to the provisions of Section 117 of the Criminal Procedure Code was placed before the court. The F.I.R. states as follows:-

"Nature of Information Fabricating false Evidence on 15/3/73 Alhaji Zanna Musa Hindi of Bulabulin Ward Maiduguri fabricates false evidence before Yerwa Civil Court for the purpose of claiming 2 houses and one thousand naira (N1,000) said to belong to late Alhaji Zanna Laisu the late Waziri of Bornu by giving the sum of N40 to Alhaji Umar Shettima in order to bribe the members of the late Zanna Laisu's family to come and give false evidence also he gave the sum of N100 to Alhajiya Shuwa who refused the money. The Area Court decided the case to be in favour of Alhaji…

HINDI V. THE STATE

HINDI
V.
THE STATE