Gujarat High Court Criminal Manual (subordinate court practice), 1977
(1) When the muddamal is produced before the Court by the police in a criminal case, the police shall produce Pavti or Yadi in duplicate showing full description i. e. measurement or weight, etc, of each kind of muddamal produced in the Court. (2) The Nazir of Sessions Court, the Senior Clerk in the Court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate and Judicial Magistrate or the Sheristedar in the Court of Metropolitan Magistrate, as the case may be, should verify each article shown in the Yadi or Pavti and immediately enter the same after verification, in the Muddamal Register and return the duplicate to the police in token of having received the muddamal. The serial number, date, etc., of the Muddamal Register of the Court in which the said articles have been entered should be written on the original Pavti and Yadi and its duplicate, and such duplicate should be returned to the police in token of having received the muddamal. The Nazir, Senior Clerk or Sheristedar, as the case may be, should affix the seal of the Court on the Pavti or Yadi. (3) Some responsible officer of the police department should be deputed to the Court to verify the duplicate Pavti or Yadi in his possession with the original Pavti or Yadi kept in the Court at the end of each month and every facility should be accorded to him in carrying out the verification of the said Pavti or Yadi. (4) At place of sittings of Court at linked stations, where there is no senior clerk but only a junior clerk is posted, such duties shall be performed by him.