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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

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High Court Building at Plot 2, the Square.
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https://judiciary.go.ug/data/smenu/13/Criminal%20Division.html
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July 2020
Kayongo Bashir v Uganda (Miscellaneous Application No. 158 of 2019) [2020] UGHCCRD 3 (30 July 2020)
An accused charged with aggravated defilement may obtain bail where investigations are complete and sureties are credible.
  • Criminal procedure — Bail pending trial; aggravated defilement — presumption of innocence; fixed abode proof — national IDs and LC letters sufficient; lack of title/utility bills not determinative; exceptional‑circumstances requirement displaced; sufficiency of sureties; bail conditions (cash bond, surety bonds, monthly reporting).
30 July 2020