The crowd was told that they might be able to meet and asked the police to allow them to gather behind the court complex to meet him.
Shouts of "Reformasi", "Bebas Anwar" and "Hidup Anwar" continue to echo outside the court complex.
But supporters Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan, Anwar's former aide who accused him of sodomy, dispersed minutes after the verdict.
Police, including the Federal Reserve Unit (FRU), were in full force at the court complex to control the crowd and ensure safety.
Chief Justice Tun Arifin Zakaria today said it was beyond reasonable doubt Anwar sodomised Saiful, and dismissed Anwar's appeal against the Court of Appeal's conviction.
Arifin said the judges found Saiful to be a credible witness, and that they found ample corroborative evidence to support Saiful's testimony.
He also dismissed the defence team's argument of a political conspiracy, saying it remained an unsubstantiated allegation.
The de facto PKR leader will lose his Permatang Pauh parliamentary seat as the law bars anyone jailed for more than a year or fined more than RM2,000 from serving as a lawmaker.
Anwar will also be looking at five years’ jail.
The court is adjourned for an hour after an application from Anwar's lead counsel, Datuk Seri Gopal Ram.
The prosecution has filed a cross-appeal for an enhanced sentence, which could stretch up to 20 years.
The former deputy prime minister's legal battle in the second sodomy case began in August 7, 2008, when he was charged with sodomising Saiful in an apartment in Damansara.
The High Court in January 2012 acquitted Anwar but this was overturned by the Court of Appeal in March last year.
The first sodomy case against Anwar was in 1998, after he was sacked from government.
