Gujarat High Court Criminal Manual (subordinate court practice), 1977
(1) Subject to the provisions in this chapter, the rules in regard to the preservation and destruction of records prescribed in the Civil Manual shall apply mutatis mutandis to Criminal Courts. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained above, the record connected with accords (including correspondence) shall be destroyed in accordance with the provisions of Rule 187 and Appendix II of the Gujarat Financial Rules,1971. (3) No Magisterial records of the Court of the Magistrate, other than those mentioned above, should be destroyed without the previous sanction of the Sessions Judge or the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, as the case may be.