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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January 2016
Court convicted two accused as joint principals for a ritual, mutilation murder and sentenced them to 15 and 32 years.
Criminal law – Murder – Circumstantial evidence – Participation and common purpose – Joint principals (Sections 19, 20 Penal Code) – Post‑mortem and forensic evidence – Sentencing: aggravating (premeditation, mutilation, ritual) and mitigating (advanced age, youth, remand deduction).
28 January 2016
Revision of magistrate’s freezing order dismissed as overtaken by High Court Anti‑Corruption restraining order.
Criminal procedure — Revision under s.50(5) CrPC — Freezing orders — Evidence (Banker’s Books) Act — Effect of superior court restraining order (Anti‑Corruption Division) overruling or overtaking lower court proceedings — Obligation to obey court orders until set aside.
5 January 2016