Gujarat High Court Criminal Manual (subordinate court practice), 1977
(i) The Officer of the Court in charge of the record of the Courts of the Metropolitan Magistrates shall, prepare every month a list of such records, which are due for destruction in the following month. The list shall be submitted to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, who shall scrutinise the list and, thereafter, pass orders for the destruction of the records, which are due to be destroyed in the following month. (ii) After the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate has passed orders for the destruction of records, they shall be destroyed under the supervision of the officer in charge of the record by tearing them into small pieces, which should be disposed of according to the orders issued by the Government in this behalf.