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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December 2024

 

18 December 2024

 

18 December 2024

 

18 December 2024

Criminal appeal—Computer Misuse Act—electronic fraud—false Facebook account—deception—unlawful gain—circumstantial evidence—fair trial rights—adequate time for defense—disclosure—non-calling of material witness (Vice President Jessica Alupo)—custodial sentence—fine discretion—remand deduction—aggravating factors—deterrence—sentence revision—procedural fairness.

18 December 2024

 

10 December 2024

Criminal revision—supervisory powers of the High Court—concurrent divorce and criminal proceedings—overlap of subject matter—divorce and forgery allegations—prejudice and fair trial—exceptional circumstances—judicial discretion—competing considerations

9 December 2024

Bail application—Criminal Procedure Code—constitutional rights—presumption of innocence—public interest—conditional bail—compliance with Court Orders

5 December 2024