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HC: Criminal Division (Uganda)

The Criminal Division is Responsible for hearing all serious criminal offences referred to it by the Magistrates' Courts. According to the Principal Judge's Circular, except for Commercial Court Judges who must attend to only Commercial Court cases, the rest of the Judges of the High Court who are based in Kampala are members of the Criminal Division irrespective of the other Divisions of the High Court that they belong to.

Each of the above judges is supposed to do, at least, one High Court Criminal Session in a year at Kampala

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High Court Building at Plot 2, the Square.
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December 2003
Uganda v Ssali (Criminal Session Case No.83/2003) [2003] UGHCCRD 1 (22 December 2003)
Criminal law|Evidence Law
 22 December 2003
Uganda v Mukooza (Criminal Session Case No 10/2002) [2003] UGHCCRD 2 (19 December 2003)
Criminal law|Evidence Law
 19 December 2003
August 2003
In the Matter Of Bail Application by Tigawalana Bakali (Criminal Application No. 23 of 2003) [2003] UGHCCRD 7 (12 August 2003)
Criminal law
 12 August 2003
Uganda v Akure & Ors (HCCS NO.256 of 2001) [2003] UGHCCRD 3 (8 August 2003)
Criminal law|Evidence Law
 8 August 2003
Uganda v Kiiza (HCT-O5-CR-CV-0003-2003) [2003] UGHCCRD 8 (6 August 2003)
Criminal law
 6 August 2003
April 2003
Uganda v Wafula & Anor (HCT-04-CR-SC-283/2002) [2003] UGHCCRD 4 (1 April 2003)
Prosecution failed to prove a prima facie murder case where deceased and attackers were not properly identified.
Criminal law — Murder — elements — requirement to prove identity of deceased and participation of accused; prima facie case — Bhatt v R test; inadmissible/insufficient unidentified post‑mortem and eyewitness evidence; acquittal under s.71(1) TID for no case to answer.
 1 April 2003
March 2003
Uganda v Labu (HCT-04-CR-SC-0192/2002) [2003] UGHCCRD 6 (12 March 2003)
Unreliable identification evidence led to acquittal of the accused despite proof of death and malice.
* Criminal law – murder – elements: death, unlawfulness, malice aforethought, participation. * Identification evidence – caution required where lighting, distance, timing and contradictions undermine reliability. * Evidence – gaps in linking recovered weapon to victim weaken prosecution case. * Acquittal appropriate where participation not proven beyond reasonable doubt despite other elements established.
 12 March 2003
February 2003
Uganda v Ntende & Ors (HCT-04-CR-SC-0170-2002) [2003] UGHCCRD 5 (27 February 2003)
Criminal law
 27 February 2003