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
May 2016
Criminal law|Evidence Law|Admissibility
27 May 2016
Criminal law
20 May 2016
Criminal law|Evidence Law
19 May 2016
Criminal law
19 May 2016
Criminal law
19 May 2016
Criminal law
19 May 2016
Accused convicted of aggravated defilement and incest where victim, maternal and medical evidence proved penetration and identity.
Criminal law – Sexual offences – Aggravated defilement – Proof of age, carnal knowledge and identity – corroboration by complainant, parent and medical evidence; Criminal law – Incest – sexual intercourse with a daughter proven where accused is parent and penetration established; Evidence – role of medical evidence and opportunity in corroborating child complainant.
19 May 2016
Accused convicted of aggravated robbery based on voice identification corroborated by recent possession and recovered exhibits.
Criminal law – Aggravated robbery – ingredients: theft (asportation), use/threat of deadly weapon, participation – Voice identification corroboration – Doctrine of recent possession of stolen goods – Credibility of defence of innocent possession/planting.
19 May 2016
Accused convicted of murder after prosecution proved unlawful killing, malice aforethought and his participation beyond reasonable doubt.
Criminal law – Murder – Elements: death, unlawfulness, malice aforethought and participation; burden of proof (Woolmington); inference of intent from nature and number of injuries and accused’s admission; assessment of conflicting medical and lay evidence.
18 May 2016
Criminal law|Evidence Law|Witness Testimony
16 May 2016
Conviction for defilement based on victim testimony, medical evidence, eyewitnesses and a corroborated confession.
Criminal law – Defilement of a child – victim under 14; corroboration requirement in child sexual offences; slightest penetration sufficient; weight of medical, eyewitness and confession evidence.
16 May 2016
Criminal law|Evidence Law
16 May 2016
Criminal law|Evidence Law
12 May 2016
Criminal law
11 May 2016
Criminal law|Evidence Law
10 May 2016
Improperly conducted identification parade rendered identification evidence unreliable; accused acquitted on no case to answer.
Criminal procedure – Identification parade – mandatory safeguards (independence of investigator, minimum participants, photographic/video record, PF69, non-suggestive conditions) – serious breaches render identification unreliable. Evidence – No case to answer – prosecution must adduce prima facie evidence on essential elements; mere scintilla insufficient. Sexual offences – Requirement to prove participation of accused in aggravated defilement beyond unreliable identification.
5 May 2016
Criminal law
4 May 2016