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
February 2025
25 February 2025
25 February 2025
21 February 2025
Bail application—presumption of innocence—exceptional circumstances—grave illness—advanced age—substantial sureties—flight risk—pending trial—discretion of court—public interest
21 February 2025
17 February 2025
17 February 2025
15 February 2025
Failure to deduct remand time under Article 28(3) renders a custodial sentence illegal; re‑sentencing ordered to account for remand.
Constitutional law – Article 28(3): mandatory arithmetic deduction of remand period when imposing custodial sentences; failure renders sentence illegal. Criminal law – Sentencing: appellate interference warranted where trial court failed to account for remand period; balancing of mitigating and aggravating factors on re‑sentencing. Theft – breach of trust and substantial value of stolen funds as aggravating factors.
14 February 2025
14 February 2025
14 February 2025
11 February 2025