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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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January 2005
Uganda v Ofono & Anor (Criminal Session Case No. 84 of 2004) [2005] UGHCCRD 4 (7 January 2005)
Accused convicted of two aggravated robberies based on credible identification, corroborated confessions, recovered weapons and stolen property.
Criminal law — aggravated robbery; elements: theft and use/threat of deadly weapon; identification at night; admissibility and corroboration of confessions; doctrine of common intention; recent and constructive possession; ballistic corroboration.
 7 January 2005
Uganda v Owora (Criminal Session Case No. 067/2004) [2005] UGHCCRD 2 (6 January 2005)
Criminal law
 6 January 2005
Uganda v Kwatampola (Criminal Session Case No. 77 of 2004) [2005] UGHCCRD 3 (5 January 2005)
Victim’s testimony, medical report and witnesses corroborated defilement beyond reasonable doubt, resulting in conviction.
Criminal law – Defilement – elements: age under 18, penetrative sexual intercourse, identity of perpetrator; corroboration in sexual offence trials; weight of medical evidence; credibility and identification; accused’s physical incapacity defence rejected.
 5 January 2005