Gujarat High Court Criminal Manual (subordinate court practice), 1977
(1) In all the summons cases and cases tried summarily, the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, the Chief Judicial Magistrates, Metropolitan Magistrates and the Judicial Magistrates should, as the examination of the witness proceeds make a memorandum of substance of evidence in the language of the court i.e. Gujarati, as provided in section 274 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2) In all the warrant cases, if the witness gives evidence in the language of the Court, the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, the Chief Judicial Magistrate Metropolitan Magistrates and the Judicial Magistrates should, as the examination of the witnesses proceeds, take down the evidence of the witness in the form of a narrative in the language of the Court i. e. Gujarati, as provided in section 275 and section 277, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973. All the relevant and admissible answers given by the witness should be recorded in the language of the Court It is not necessary for the Magistrates to make the memorandum of evidence in English. If the evidence is given by the witness in language other than the language of the Court, the Magistrate should follow the procedure provided in section 277 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.