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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November 2018
Criminal law
30 November 2018
Criminal law|Evidence Law
30 November 2018
Criminal law|Evidence Law
29 November 2018
Criminal law|Evidence Law
26 November 2018
Criminal law
23 November 2018
Criminal law
23 November 2018
Criminal law
23 November 2018
Criminal law
23 November 2018
Criminal law
23 November 2018
Criminal law
23 November 2018
Criminal law
23 November 2018
Criminal law
23 November 2018
Criminal law
23 November 2018
Criminal law
23 November 2018
Criminal law
23 November 2018
Criminal law
23 November 2018
Criminal law
23 November 2018
Criminal law
23 November 2018
Criminal law
23 November 2018
Criminal law
20 November 2018
Plea bargain for aggravated robbery accepted; sentence of 4 years 10 months after remand set‑off.
Criminal law – Aggravated robbery – Plea bargaining – Validity and voluntariness of guilty plea – Sentencing guidelines – Discount for early plea – Remand time set‑off.
20 November 2018
Criminal law
20 November 2018
Criminal law
20 November 2018
Criminal law
20 November 2018
Criminal law
20 November 2018
Prosecution proved rape by medical report, circumstantial evidence and a voluntary confession; accused convicted despite an asserted alibi.
Criminal law – Rape – proof of penetration by medical and circumstantial evidence; consent and impersonation; admissibility and weight of charge-and-caution statements (section 30 Evidence Act); alibi and identification issues.
16 November 2018
Appeal allowed; acquittal set aside and retrial ordered due to improper voir dire, jurisdictional defect and procedural irregularities.
Criminal procedure – evidence of child of tender years – voir dire – requirement to record questions and answers; Evidence – unsworn evidence of child requires corroboration – corroboration vitiated where taken by a magistrate lacking jurisdiction; Jurisdiction – Grade One magistrate exceeding jurisdiction renders proceedings nullity; Trial irregularity – compelling prosecution to close prematurely – miscarriage of justice; Remedy – acquittal set aside and retrial ordered.
9 November 2018
Criminal law
2 November 2018