Gujarat High Court Criminal Manual (subordinate court practice), 1977
(i) The procedure to be followed in sending articles to the Chemical Analyser are contained in paragraph 167 of the Police Manual, Volume III, 1959 edition. Delay should be avoided by an early decision as to whether there should be a reference to the Chemical Analyser and an immediate despatch of the articles. The Magistrate should personally see that the procedure mentioned in the above rules is strictly followed when despatching the articles. (9) The investigating Officer should be careful to see that such articles are sent in proper custody to the Medical Officer. The numbers given to such articles in the panchnama should be quoted in the forwarding report. The number of seals put on the receptacle or covering should also be stated in the body of the report. A receipt acknowledging these articles with seals intact should be obtained from the Medical Officer. (10) (a) A statement containing the following particulars, in a tabulated form, should invariably be furnished to trying Courts by investigating Police and Prosecuting Officers and Public Prosecutors with regard to the articles to be produced in Courts, in all cases in which articles have been sent to the Chemical Analyser for examination : (1) Number of the articles sent for examination to the Chemical Analyser. (2) Corresponding numbers of the articles in the list of property submitted to the Court. (3) Corresponding numbers of the articles in the certificate of the Chemical Analyser. (4) Corresponding numbers of the articles in the panchnama bearing on the point and dates of the panchnamas. (5) Names and numbers of the accused persons connected with the respective articles. (6) Names of deceased persons (if any) connected with the respective articles. The statement should, as far as possible, be submitted by the Station House Officer prior to the provisional date fixed by the Magistrate or the Judge trying the case. (b) In other cases in which there are many accused persons and a mass of exhibits, the list of property submitted to Courts should be arranged according to the serial numbers of the accused persons connected with the particular articles.