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
January 2019
Criminal law
25 January 2019
Accused charged with rape granted bail based on presumption of innocence and responsible sureties, subject to cash deposit, bonds and reporting.
Bail — Bailability of offences (rape) — Presumption of innocence — Suitability of sureties — Bail conditions: cash deposit, bonds, periodic reporting — Relevant provisions: Constitution Articles 23 & 28; Trial on Indictments Act ss.14–15; Judicature (Criminal Procedure) (Application) Rules.
24 January 2019
Criminal law
24 January 2019
Criminal law
14 January 2019
Criminal law
9 January 2019
Criminal law
8 January 2019