Gujarat High Court Criminal Manual (subordinate court practice), 1977
The record of a substantive criminal proceeding should not be considered due for despatch to the record room until the expiry of the period of appeal or revision application and, if any appeal or revision application has been instituted, until after the disposal of the appeal or revision application. As a matter of precaution, the records of all cases should be kept intact in the sequence of the serial numbers of the institutions, for two months beyond the period of appeal or revision and then put up for filing orders of the presiding Officer.