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Zikehikira v Uganda (Criminal Appeal No. 271 of 2016) [2017] UGHCCRD 38 (2 January 2017)
The High Court allowed a criminal appeal against an elopement conviction, holding that the prosecution failed to prove the offence beyond reasonable doubt.
Nyeko & Another v Uganda (Criminal Revision 8 of 1992) [1992] UGHC 81 (5 November 1992)
The court found that the convictions of both accuseds were bad in law because the essential ingredients of the offence of elopement under section 121A of the Penal Code Act were not established. For A2, the facts did not show she caused or enticed A1 to elope. For A1, there was no sufficient evidence that he knew A2 was married. The trial magistrate's view that knowledge of marital status was not essential was a misstatement of the law. Since these essential elements were not proved or unequivocally admitted, the convictions could not stand. Additionally, the trial magistrate erred in sentenc…
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Uganda v Osilaje (Crim.Rev.No.182 of 1976) [1976] UGHCCRD 2 (23 December 1976)
The High Court corrected an excessive compensation order in an elopement conviction, upheld the first accused’s conviction despite a charge-sheet irregularity, and quashed the second accused’s conviction.
