is before us. 9. We have heard learned Senior Counsel/counsel for the parties and perused the record. 10. Section 235 of the Cr.P.C. reads as follows: “Judgment of acquittal or conviction 1. After hearing arguments and points of law (if any), the Judge shall give a judgment in the case. 2. If the accused is convicted, the Judge shall, unless he proceeds in accordance with the provisions of section 360 hear the accused on the question of sentence, and then pass sentence on him according to law.” 11. A plain reading of the provision leaves no room to doubt that a judgment of conviction shall have two components; namely, 3(i) Judgment on the point of conviction; and (ii) Where the accused is convicted, a separate order of sentence to be passed according to law, after hearing the accused on the question of sentence. 12. The aforesaid provision mandates that once the judgment of conviction is delivered, the accused has a right to be heard on the quantum of the sentence. This is so, in view