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
August 2019
Double jeopardy bars concurrent trials in the second forum; plea requires accused’s personal presence; military detainees should be produced, not arrested.
Criminal procedure — revision under s.48 CrPC — double jeopardy and concurrent proceedings; arraignment and plea‑taking personal to accused; when defence of double jeopardy may be raised; jurisdictional interaction between civilian magistrates and UPDF disciplinary fora; arrest warrants versus production warrants for persons in military custody.
20 August 2019
7 August 2019