Well, all have tried from the puzzler DBN to all the others. The general believe in law, however, is that all cases have to be proved beyond all reasonable doubt. The Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) and the Penal Code, define crimes and the ingredients of proving such crimes after committing them. Let us take culpable homicide or murder, for instance: The following are needed to prove it before a conviction is earned:
1. Medical report.
This will prove the kind of death the victim suffered. From knife, bullets, hitting with wooden stick, suffocation, poisoning and, or natural wounds, the medical report will tremendously help the court to reach a verdict.
2. Weapon used:
The weapon used in committing murder should be tendered in court so that it can be accepted as an exhibit. In case of a knife wound that caused death, the blood sample must match the one on the victim. This will be compared and analyzed by a forensic science laboratory.
3. Direct evidence:
That is the evidence adduced by an eye witness. This kind of evidence is like this, "....I was sitting down with the late musa when an arguement ensued between him and garba. I saw garba draw out a knife and stabbed him three times in the stomach........" This is the kind of testimony that is better than circumstancial evidence.
4. Motive:
The court needs to prove the motive behind the murder. It could be in self defence, provocation, jealousy etc.
Copse:
For identification and post mortem purposes.
The scenerio given by DBN is ofcourse a story as he said. But the question to ask is, how did we know that it was B who punctured C's water container? Why A hates C? What DBN means by intention to kill is known as attempted murder.
If you are interested, the ingredients of proving thefts will follow.........
