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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May 2023
Sentence of 15 years for attempted murder reduced for mitigation and remand credit to two years one month.
Criminal law – Sentencing – Attempted murder – Whether a 15‑year term was manifestly harsh; mitigation (guilty plea, remorse, first offender, maternal responsibilities); remand credit; injuries’ gravity and contributory provocation.
31 May 2023
Where an identification parade was flawed, identification-dependent aggravated robbery charges failed and accuseds were acquitted.
Criminal law – Aggravated robbery – elements: theft, violence, deadly weapon, and participation; Visual identification – requirements and dangers; Identification parade – procedural safeguards and consequences of flawed procedure; Alibi – prosecution's duty to disprove.
30 May 2023
25 May 2023
25 May 2023
17 May 2023
Whether circumstantial and medical evidence established aggravated defilement of an infant beyond reasonable doubt.
Criminal law – Aggravated defilement – Elements: victim’s age, sexual act (penetration), accused’s participation – Circumstantial evidence and proof beyond reasonable doubt – Medical evidence corroboration.
17 May 2023
Medical and circumstantial evidence established beyond reasonable doubt that the accused committed aggravated defilement of his infant daughter.
Criminal law – Aggravated defilement – child victim – medical evidence of perineal tear and penetration – circumstantial evidence – proof beyond reasonable doubt – credibility of accused’s explanation.
17 May 2023
10 May 2023
5 May 2023
3 May 2023