Under Section 392 of the BNSS, 2023, the judgment in every trial in any Criminal Court of original jurisdiction shall be pronounced -

Section 392(1) of the BNSS, 2023 requires the judgment in every trial in any Criminal Court of original jurisdiction to be pronounced in open Court by the presiding officer immediately after the termination of the trial, or at some subsequent time not later than forty-five days, of which notice shall be given to the parties or their advocates. The judgment may be delivered by delivering the whole of it, by reading out the whole of it, or by reading out the operative part and explaining its substance in a language understood by the accused or his advocate. Under the proviso to sub-section (4), the Court shall, as far as practicable, upload a copy of the judgment on its portal within seven days. The CrPC, 1973 (Section 353) prescribed no outer time-limit for pronouncement, making the 45-day timeline a notable reform against delayed judgments.