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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Judgment date
August 2013
Bail refused because applicant failed to produce sufficiently verifiable evidence of fixed abode and sound sureties, creating a real absconding risk.
Bail — statutory framework under Trial on Indictments Act s.15 — burden on accused to show he will not abscond — fixed abode and sound sureties — evidential value of LC letters, identity documents, proof of employment and assets — court discretion to refuse bail where sureties are not proved substantial.
29 August 2013
Criminal law|Evidence Law
27 August 2013
Conviction for criminal trespass upheld; claim of right rejected and sentence partially suspended, release ordered.
Criminal trespass (s.302 Penal Code) – defence of honest claim of right (s.7 Penal Code) – appellate review of conviction on evidential grounds – sentence excessive; conditional suspension of remainder of sentence.
7 August 2013
Appeal dismissed: joint assault convictions affirmed; count two convictions quashed for two appellants, sentence of 12 months confirmed.
Criminal law – appeal against conviction – sufficiency of evidence to support convictions; joint charges – necessity of finding common intention; misjoinder/over-broad convictions where only one accused committed the assault; sentencing – confirmation of 12-month imprisonment where guidelines not yet in force.
7 August 2013
Criminal law
2 August 2013
Criminal law
2 August 2013
Criminal law
1 August 2013