“Sections 268 and 269 of the Criminal Procedure Code which read as follows- “268(1) The judgment in every trial in a Court shall be in writing and shall be pronounced, and the substance of it explained in a language understood by the accused in open Court either on the day on which the hearing terminates or at some subsequent time of which due notice shall be given. (2) If the accused is in custody he shall be brought up to hear judgement delivered; if he is in custody he shall be required to attend to hear judgment delivered; if he is not in custody he shall be required to attend to hear judgment delivered unless his presence is dispensed with by the Court. (3) No judgment delivered by any Court shall be deemed to be invalid by reason only of the absence of any party or his Counsel on the day or from the place notified for the delivery thereof, or of any omission to serve or defect in service on the parties or their counsel or any of them of the notice of such day and place. 269(1) Every judgment shall contain the point or points for determination, the decision thereon and the reasons for the decision and shall be dated and signed or sealed by the Court in open Court at the time of pronouncing it. (2) If the judgment is a judgment of conviction it shall specify the offence of which and the section of the Penal Code or other law under which the accused is convicted and the punishment to which he is sentenced. (3) If the judgment is a judgment of acquittal it shall state the offence of which the accused is acquitted and direct that he be set at liberty”. In that he gave no judgment in writing as the record reads- “Oral judgment delivered. Conviction as charged”. It is clear that not only must the judgment be written but it must also contain the matters laid down in Section 269 and this was in no way done here.”
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