(1) Except as otherwise expressly provided by this Sanhita, every judgment
referred to in section 392,—
(a) shall be written in the language of the Court;
(b) shall contain the point or points for determination, the decision thereon and
the reasons for the decision;
(c) shall specify the offence (if any) of which, and the section of the Bharatiya
Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 or other law under which, the accused is convicted, and the
punishment to which he is sentenced;
(d) if it be a judgment of acquittal, shall state the offence of which the accused
is acquitted and direct that he be set at liberty.
(2) When the conviction is under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and it is doubtful
under which of two sections, or under which of two parts of the same section, of that
Sanhita the offence falls, the Court shall distinctly express the same, and pass judgment in
the alternative.
(3) When the conviction is for an offence punishable with death or, in the alternative,
with imprisonment for life or imprisonment for a term of years, the judgment shall state the
reasons for the sentence awarded, and, in the case of sentence of death, the special reasons
for such sentence.
(4) When the conviction is for an offence punishable with imprisonment for a term of
one year or more, but the Court imposes a sentence of imprisonment for a term of less than
three months, it shall record its reasons for awarding such sentence, unless the sentence is
one of imprisonment till the rising of the Court or unless the case was tried summarily under
the provisions of this Sanhita.
(5) When any person is sentenced to death, the sentence shall direct that he be
hanged by the neck till he is dead.
(6) Every order under section 136 or sub-section (2) of section 157 and every final
order made under section 144, section 164 or section 166 shall contain the point or points for
determination, the decision thereon and the reasons for the decision.
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