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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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May 2015
Uganda v Okello & Anor (Criminal Session Case No. 100 of 2012.) [2015] UGHCCRD 5 (26 May 2015) First accused convicted of murder; second convicted of conspiracy where identification inconsistencies precluded murder conviction. Criminal law — Murder — Identification at scene — Effect of inconsistencies between police statements and oral testimony on proof beyond reasonable doubt — Malice aforethought — Threats, nature of injuries and flight as evidence of intent Criminal law — Conspiracy to murder — Circumstantial evidence and prior threats sufficing to establish participation — Penal Code s 208	26 May 2015
Uganda v Namugenyi (Criminal Appeal No. 046 of 2014) [2015] UGHCCRD 26 (25 May 2015) Cautionary sentences set aside where unverified mitigation justified no leniency; substituted with concurrent custodial and fine sentences. Criminal law — Sentencing — Manifestly low sentence — Reliance on unverified bar statements and failure to give adequate reasons — Forgery/Uttering judicial documents — Tampering with Letters of Administration — Need for deterrent punishment to protect property rights and administration of justice	25 May 2015
Chour Mohammed v Uganda (Criminal Appeal No. 0123 of 2015) [2015] UGHCCRD 1 (15 May 2015) Convictions and restitution order quashed where prosecution failed to prove forgery, uttering and obtaining money beyond reasonable doubt. Criminal law — Evaluation of evidence — Appellate court’s duty to re-evaluate each count afresh and ensure proof beyond reasonable doubt — Forgery and uttering — Requirement for direct, forensic or strong circumstantial evidence linking accused to disputed documents — S.197(1) MCA refund order requires adequate proof of recoverability	15 May 2015