law: Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
  
  353.Judgment.-
  (1) The judgment is every trial in any Criminal
  
  Court of original jurisdiction shall be pronounced in open Court by the
  
  presiding officer immediately after the termination of the trial or at some
  
  subsequent time of which notice shall be given to the parties or their
  
  pleaders, -
  (a) by delivering the whole of the judgment; or
  (b) by reading out the whole of the judgment; or
  (c) by reading out the operative part of the judgment and explaining the
  
  substance of the judgment in a language which is understood by the accused or
  
  his pleader.
  (2) Where the judgment is delivered under
  
  clause (a) of sub-section (1), the presiding officer shall cause it to be taken
  
  down in short-hand , sign the transcript and every page thereof as soon as it
  
  is made ready, and write on it the date of the delivery of the judgment in open
  
  Court.
  (3) Where the judgment or the operative part thereof is read out under clause
  
  (b) or clause (c) or sub-section (1), as the case may be, it shall be dated and
  
  signed by the presiding officer in  Open Court , and if it is not
  
  written with his own hand, every page of the judgment shall be signed by him.
  
  
  (4) Where the judgment is pronounced in the manner specified in clause (c) of
  
  sub-section (1), the whole judgment or a copy thereof shall be immediately made
  
  available for the perusal of the parties or their pleaders free of cost.
  (5) If the accused is in custody, he shall be brought up to hear the judgment
  
  pronounced.
  (6) If the accused is not in custody, he shall be required by the Court to
  
  attend to hear the judgment pronounced, except where his personal attendance
  
  during the trial has been dispensed with and the sentence is one of fine only
  
  or he is acquitted:
  
  Provided that, where there are more accused than one, and one or more of
  
  them do not attend the Court on the date on which the judgment is to be
  
  pronounced, the presiding officer may, in order to avoid undue delay in the
  
  disposal of the case, pronounce the judgment notwithstanding their absence.
  (7) No judgment delivered by any Criminal Court shall be deemed to be invalid
  
  by reason only of the absence of any party or his pleader on the day or from
  
  the place notified for the delivery thereof, or of any omission to serve, or
  
  defect in serving, on the parties or their pleaders, or any of them, the notice
  
  of such day and place.
  (8) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit in any way the extent
  
  of the provisions of section 465.