Gujarat High Court Criminal Manual (subordinate court practice), 1977
(1) Except as otherwise provided for in these rules, no Sessions Judge or Magistrate shall part with the custody of the record of a case or any documents therein. (2) Subject to the provisions of paragraphs 359 and 360 no Sessions Judge or Magistrate shall part with the custody of the record of a case or any documents therein until the period within which an appeal or revision application can be made has expired, or until the appeal or revision application has been disposed of, or unless he is directed to do so by a superior Court. (3) The Court may, however, on an application filed in that behalf, for reasons to be recorded in writing, return any original document to the applicant on the applicant giving an undertaking to produce the same whenever required to do so and filing a true copy of the original document, the return of which is applied for. (4) Register of applications for return of documents shall be maintained in Form No. 72. (5) The Court may, on an application filed in that behalf, return to the applicant the certified or ordinary copy of the judgment and/or order filed with the memorandum of Appeal, Revision Application or application, after the Appeal, Revision Application or Application is disposed of.