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
March 2024
31 March 2024
31 March 2024
31 March 2024
30 March 2024
28 March 2024
Acquittal where identification was unreliable and search/seizure procedures and exhibit chain of custody were fatally flawed.
Criminal law – Aggravated robbery – elements: theft, violence or deadly weapon, participation; Identification evidence – quality, hearsay, necessity to call identifying witness; Search and seizure – requirement of search warrant and compliance with Police Act s27; Chain of custody and evidential contradictions; Effect of witness bias/grudge on credibility and safety of conviction.
27 March 2024
25 March 2024

 

24 March 2024
19 March 2024
18 March 2024
Court reinstated appeal dismissed for want of prosecution after applicant showed sufficient cause and prompt vigilance.
Criminal procedure – reinstatement of appeal dismissed for want of prosecution; Judicature Act s.33 remedial powers; requirement of sufficient cause, vigilance and an arguable appeal; consultation with Director of Public Prosecutions as potential sufficient cause.
18 March 2024
15 March 2024
13 March 2024
11 March 2024