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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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June 2025
Mutyaba Abdul Karim v Uganda (Criminal Miscellaneous Application No. 657 of 2025) [2025] UGHCCRD 71 (30 June 2025)
Bail application denied despite proof of residence and sureties due to the grave nature of the offence and committal to the High Court.
Criminal procedure — Bail — Presumption of innocence and discretionary nature of bail; fixed place of abode and LC1 evidence; suitability of sureties under Bail Guidelines; exceptional circumstances not mandatory; serious offences and committal to High Court justify refusal of bail.
 30 June 2025
Kiiza Eron v Uganda (Miscellaneous Application 443 of 2025) [2025] UGHCCRD 23 (25 June 2025)
Bail – Release of Passport – Constitutional Rights – Right to Movement – Risk of Flight – Medical Grounds – Compliance with Bail Terms – Court Discretion – Article 29(2) of the Constitution – Passport as Property – Reasonableness of Bail Conditions
 25 June 2025
Isaac Kimaze Ssemakadde v Uganda (Private Prosecution by Byamazima Joshua and Tonny Tumukunde) (Revision Application No. 2 of 2025) [2025] UGHCCRD 25 (24 June 2025)
Revision – Private Prosecution – Insulting the Modesty of a Woman – Jurisdiction – Prima Facie Case – Duty of Candour – Electronic Evidence – Recusal – Freedom of Expression – High Court Supervisory Powers – Application Dismissed – Proceedings to Resume
 24 June 2025
Isaac Kimaze Ssemakadde v Uganda (Private Prosecution by Byamazima Joshua and Tonny Tumukunde) (Revision Application No. 002 of 2025) [2025] UGHCCRD 24 (18 June 2025)
Criminal Procedure – Recusal – Judicial Impartiality – Reasonable Apprehension of Bias – Private Prosecution – Prima Facie Case – Stay of Proceedings – Double Reasonableness Test
 18 June 2025
Zikusooka Ali Ahmed v Uganda (Criminal Sessions Case 435 of 2025) [2025] UGHCCRD 43 (18 June 2025)
Bail pending appeal granted where non-violent conviction, fixed abode, compliant history and substantial sureties reduce flight risk.
Bail pending appeal; discretion under Trial on Indictment Act and Constitution; Bail Guidelines (Practice Directions 2022); factors: character, fixed abode, non-violent offence, appeal not frivolous, risk of delay; substantial sureties; non-cash bond conditions.
 18 June 2025
Ssenfuka Robert and Nyanzi Umar v Walugembe Daniel (Criminal Miscellaneous Application No. 55 of 2024) [2025] UGHCCRD 22 (2 June 2025)
Private prosecution—revision—allegations of forgery and uttering false documents by advocates—trial magistrate failed to consult local chief adequately and lacked basis for prima facie case—irregular charge sheet not signed by magistrate—Chief Magistrate’s order quashed
 2 June 2025