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 2023
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12 October 2023
12 October 2023
12 October 2023

Criminal law—obtaining money by false pretense—revisionary powers—discretion to stay proceedings—same transaction rule—overlapping criminal and civil issues—subject matter consistency—prejudice to accused—abuse of process—conflicting judgments—procedural fairness—Section 209 Magistrates Courts Act—judicial discretion—expeditious trials—Director of Public Prosecutions' powers—civil-criminal case balance.

11 October 2023
6 October 2023
5 October 2023
September 2023
28 September 2023
28 September 2023
27 September 2023
23 September 2023
23 September 2023
20 September 2023
15 September 2023
15 September 2023
15 September 2023
13 September 2023
12 September 2023
11 September 2023
8 September 2023

Criminal law—revision—Computer Misuse Act—jurisdiction—defective charge sheet—territorial nexus—identity of device—failure to prove location—charge ambiguity—cyberstalking ingredients—right to fair trial—miscarriage of justice—conviction quashed—sentence set aside—applicant released

7 September 2023
7 September 2023
6 September 2023
6 September 2023
6 September 2023
6 September 2023
6 September 2023
4 September 2023
August 2023
31 August 2023
31 August 2023