Section 134, The Criminal Procedure Act, 2024

A person to be tried on an indictment shall be placed at thebar unfettered, unless the Court shall see cause to order otherwise and the indictment or charge shall be read to him by the Registrar or other officer of the Court and explained, if need be, by the officer or the interpreter of the Court and such person shall be required to plead to the indictment, unless he objects on the basis of want of service of the indictment and in which case, the Court shall ascertain that he has not been duly served.