Gujarat High Court Criminal Manual (subordinate court practice), 1977
(1) After the trial of a case is over, and before the papers are despatched to the record room, all police papers, except those which have been exhibited, should be returned to the Police after the period of appeal or revision application is over or after the decision of the Appeal or Revision Application, if any, provided that the Court may return these papers earlier, if they are wanted for the purposes of any investigation. (2) Similarly, documents which have been produced by parties and which are to be returned to them should be so returned before filing for the purposes of despatch to the record room.