"It is well established principle of law that where an accused person raised the defence of alibi promptly with the necessary particulars of his whereabout, the prosecution has a duty...
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"A young man of 18 years of age who was charged along with the appellant had stated in his evidence that when the appellant and the deceased started fighting he...
"The attempt by the 2nd appellant to hoodwink the court by his mumbo-jumbo story which seeks to show that he was not at the scene of the crime was designed...
"It is elementary law that where an accused person is unequivocally pinned to the locus inquo as one committing the offence, the defence of alibi no more avails the accused....
"It is the law that where an accused acted under an honest and reasonable belief in a given state of situation which if true would have justified the act, he...
"The test of honest belief which should shore up a defence of mistake rests apriori on whether the accused honestly and in good faith and without any fault or negligence...
"It is well settled that it is not for an accused person to prove his alibi; it is only for him to bring it forward but it is for the...
"When the defence is raised by the accused, the police have a duty to investigate in order to know the veracity or authenticity of the defence. … Where the police...
"Where persons who are charged together for committing a crime have a common base for their defence, the acceptance of the defence to the benefit of one of them should...
"It is settled law that to avail himself of the defence of provocation, the appellant must have done the act for which he is charged (i) in the heat of...
"It is the duty of the trial court to have considered whether a reasonable person in such circumstances in consequence of such conduct, and the history of the existing relationship...
"For an accused person to successfully rely on the first limb of section 28 of the Criminal Code supra, he must prove that at the time the offence was committed,...
