Without Delay

Without delay, the words 'without delay' in s. 371(1) of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1898 emphasise the fact that there should not be much time lag between the pronouncement of the judgment and the supply of its copy to the accused.Where a judgment is merely dictated and not transcribed and as such not signed at the time of its pronouncement, it would not normally be possible to supply its copy without delay after pronouncement, Iqbal Ismail Sodawala v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 1974 SC 1880: (1975) 3 SCC 140: (1975) 1 SCR 710. [Criminal, PC, 1898, s. 37(1)]