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Ssekinde Segirinye v Uganda (Misc. Criminal Appl. No 158 of 2014)

High Court · [2015] UGHCCRD 15 · 2015 Application Determined AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Bail application in murder prosecution before trial
Decision
Application Determined

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Holding

The applicant, charged with murder, applied for bail under Article 23(6) of the Constitution and Section 15 of the Trial on Indictments Act. The court considered the applicant's remand period, sureties presented, fixed place of abode, and the gravity of the offence. The ruling does not expressly state whether bail was granted or refused.

Outcome

Application Determined

Facts

The applicant Fred Ssekinde Segirinya was charged with murder contrary to sections 285 and 286(2) of the Penal Code Act. It was alleged that on 31 October 2013 at Entebbe Municipality in Wakiso District, he and others unlawfully killed Engineer Balamu Bisitu Patrick with malice aforethought. The applicant was remanded on 22 July 2014. He applied for bail on grounds that he is presumed innocent, suffers from asthma which develops into pneumonia requiring treatment unavailable in prison, owns property at risk of fraudulent alienation, and is the sole provider for his newly-wed wife and newborn child. The applicant had been on remand for eight months by the hearing date and presented two sureties: his stepmother and his wife's uncle.

Issues

  1. Whether the applicant should be granted bail pending trial for murder.

Orders

  • The Deputy Registrar Nakawa High Court Central Circuit is enjoined to fix the main case for hearing on the earliest date possible.

Rules and key headnotes

Bail Applications — Murder Charges — Factors for Court Consideration
When determining whether to grant bail to an accused charged with murder, the court must consider whether the applicant will turn up or abscond from trial, the substantiality of sureties presented, whether the applicant has a fixed place of abode within the court's jurisdiction or is ordinarily resident in Uganda, whether the applicant has previously absconded while on bail, whether there are pending charges against the applicant, and the need to protect society in light of the gravity of the offence.

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Ssekinde Segirinye v Uganda (Misc. Criminal Appl. No 158 of 2014) [2015] UGHCCRD 15 (17 April 2015)
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