[2008] UGHC 84

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One}{\insrsid11547252\charrsid5518597 n}{\insrsid9774594\charrsid5518597 Kamudulu Alfred}{\insrsid11547252\charrsid5518597 versus Uganda, with the two named persons as }{\insrsid4849832\charrsid5518597 applicants}{\insrsid9774594\charrsid5518597 , and No. 39/2008 Ayella }{\insrsid13642197\charrsid5518597 Patrick:}{\insrsid9774594\charrsid5518597 \par \tab }{\insrsid11547252\charrsid5518597 F}{\insrsid9774594\charrsid5518597 ive (5) other}{\insrsid11547252\charrsid5518597 persons are charged with the two applicants}{\insrsid9774594\charrsid5518597 in Gulu Grade I Court Criminal Case No. 117 of 2008 of the charge of Robbery with aggravation c/s 285 and 286(2) of the Penal }{\insrsid13642197\charrsid5518597 Code (Amendment}{\insrsid9774594\charrsid5518597 ) Act, 2007. }{ \insrsid1724996\charrsid5518597 \par \tab The }{\insrsid12787141\charrsid5518597 offence is }{\insrsid1724996\charrsid5518597 stated to have }{\insrsid12787141\charrsid5518597 been }{\insrsid1724996\charrsid5518597 committed on 22.10.2007 at Aganga village, Akokoro Sub-county, Apac District.

\par \tab }{\insrsid6505208\charrsid5518597 The maximum sentence for the offence is death. \par Both applicants were charged in court on 9.11.2007 and have been on remand since then, and on 10.04.2008 they were committed to the High Court for trial. \par \tab Each of the applicants has }{\insrsid3570931\charrsid5518597 satisfied}{\insrsid6505208\charrsid5518597 court of the fact of having permanent residence, not}{\insrsid3570931\charrsid5518597 having}{\insrsid6505208\charrsid5518597 other criminal charges pending against each one in some other court, of the fact that each one has the obligation to support family and relatives and of having substantial sureties to stand bail for each one. \par \tab The applicants enjoy the constitutional}{\insrsid12787141\charrsid5518597 ly}{\insrsid6505208\charrsid5518597 presumption of innocence and are also constitutional entitled to receive a fair and speedy trial. \par \tab }{\insrsid6886324\charrsid5518597 There is also no evidence adduced before court that any of the applicants has }{\insrsid3570931\charrsid5518597 interfered}{\insrsid6886324\charrsid5518597 or will interfere with the investigations or any witnesses if released on bail.}{\insrsid5273969\charrsid5518597 \par \tab The offence of aggravated robbery with which the applicants are charged is a ve ry serious one. That is why the Trial on Indictments Act requires that for one charged with the offence has to prove an exceptional circumstance before being released on bail: see sections 14 and 15 of the Trial on Indictments Act. \par \tab None of the applicants has proved an exceptional circumstance.}{\insrsid8585668\charrsid5518597 \par \tab It remains therefore for this court to determine whether, in the exercise of its discretion, each of the applicants, or one of them, deserves to be granted bail: See }{\b\insrsid8585668\charrsid5518597 Constitutional Court Reference No. 20 of 2005 Uganda (DPP) vs Col. Rtd Dr. Kiiza Besigye, and Constitutional Court }{\b\insrsid3570931\charrsid5518597 Constitutional }{\b\insrsid8585668\charrsid5518597 Reference No 20 of 2006: Foundation For Human Rights Initiatives }{ \b\insrsid16537470\charrsid5518597 vs.}{\b\insrsid8585668\charrsid5518597 }{\b\insrsid3570931\charrsid5518597 Attorney}{\b\insrsid8585668\charrsid5518597 General.}{\b\insrsid1724996\charrsid5518597 }{\b\insrsid3570931\charrsid5518597 \par }{\insrsid3570931\charrsid5518597 \tab In the judgment of this court, none of the applicants has put forward such an }{\insrsid16537470\charrsid5518597 overall}{\insrsid3570931\charrsid5518597 set of circumstances, beyond the normal, for this court to exercise its dis}{\insrsid16537470\charrsid5518597 c}{\insrsid3570931\charrsid5518597 retion by granting bail to each of the applicants or one of them.}{\insrsid16537470\charrsid5518597 \par \tab The application for bail fails on the part of each of applicants: Both Miscellaneous Application No. 38 of 2008 and 39 of 2008 stand dismissed. \par \tab The applicants are to continue to be on remand; pending their trial, or until court orders otherwise. \par \par }{\insrsid4849832\charrsid5518597 \par }{\insrsid16537470\charrsid5518597 .....................}{\insrsid4849832\charrsid5518597 .........}{\insrsid16537470\charrsid5518597 ... \par Remmy K. Kasule \par Judge \par 22}{\super\insrsid16537470\charrsid5518597 nd}{\insrsid16537470\charrsid5518597 May 2008.}{\insrsid9774594\charrsid5518597 \par }}