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

Physical address
High Court Building at Plot 2, the Square.
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7 judgments
April 2013
  • Criminal law|Evidence Law
29 April 2013
  • Criminal law
26 April 2013
Malice aforethought not proved; accused convicted of manslaughter based on eyewitness identification and medical evidence.
  • Criminal law
    • — Homicide — Distinguishing murder and manslaughter based on malice aforethought
    • — Identification — Reliance on a single eyewitness and circumstances for safe identification
    • — Causation and evidence — Medical expert evidence corroborating assault as cause of death
25 April 2013
Medical and identification evidence established the accused's guilt of aggravated defilement beyond reasonable doubt.
  • Criminal law — Sexual offences — Aggravated defilement — Proof of sexual act and age — Penal Code s 129(3) & (4)(a)
  • Evidence
    • — Identification — Single child witness — Special caution and corroboration — TIA s 40(3)
    • — Agreed documents at preliminary hearing — Binding effect and proof — TIA s 66(3)
22 April 2013
  • Criminal law
22 April 2013
  • Criminal law
12 April 2013
  • Criminal law|Evidence Law|Burden of Proof
4 April 2013