Gujarat High Court Criminal Manual (subordinate court practice), 1977
While it is not necessary to lay down any hard and fast rules, Magistrates should avoid, as far as possible, pronouncing a judgment convicting an accused in bailable cases at the very close of the day's sitting or immediately before a holiday or series of holidays unless the accused can be furnished with a copy of the Judgment in time to enable him to apply for bail before the holiday or holidays commence. When a Magistrate decides to impose a sentence of imprisonment, he should arrange to supply a copy of the judgment to the accused as soon as possible after, or, in any event, within 7 days from the date of the pronouncement of the judgment.