Gujarat High Court Criminal Manual (subordinate court practice), 1977
(1) In contentious matters, tried summarily, the Judicial Magistrates and the Chief Judicial Magistrates should record the Judgment containing the brief statement of the reasons for findings, irrespective of the fact that the non-appealable sentence is inflicted on the accused. (2) In Sessions trial by the court of Session and in warrant trials by the Judicial Magistrates and the Chief Judicial Magistrates and Judges the judgment shall be written in the language of the Court and shall comply with all the requirements of section 354, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973. The judgment shall contain the points for determination and the decision thereof and the reasons for the decision. (3) The judgment shall be written by the Metropolitan Magistrates and the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, in accordance with the provisions of section 355, Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. It is not necessary for the Metropolitan Magistrates and the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate to record the Judgment in accordance with the provisions of section 264 and section 354, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, but all the particulars as shown in section 355, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 should be recorded. It is necessary, in the cases in which the appeals lies from the final order to record the brief statement of the reasons for the decision.