Gujarat High Court Criminal Manual (subordinate court practice), 1977
Bhatta money to be paid to witnesses or to be returned to the depositors, if not claimed in person within fifteen days from the final disposal of the case, should be remitted to the person concerned by money order. If the amount remitted is returned undelivered by the Post Office because the payee could not be traced, it should be brought on the Criminal Deposit Register for disposal according to the usual rules or credited to Government.