Gujarat High Court Criminal Manual (subordinate court practice), 1977
The Criminal Investigation Department of the Gujarat State has attached to it 2 hand-writing and photographic Bureaux at Ahmedabad and Rajkot. These Bureaux are under the general administrative control and supervision of the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Criminal Investigation Department, Gujarat State. The jurisdiction allotted to these Bureaux are as follows : Ahmedabad Bureau : Districts : (1) Ahmedabad City, (2) Ahmedabad (rural), (3) Sabarkantha, (4) Surat (including Bulsar), (5) Kaira, (6) Panch mahals, (7) Baroda, (8) Bharuch. Rajkot Bureau : District : (1) Bhavnagar, (2) Rajkot, (3) Amreli, (4) Surendranagar, (5) Janagadh, (6) Jamnagar, (7) Kutch, (8) Mehsana, (9) Banaskantha. These Bureaux also deal with the paid cases sent by the Civil Courts in the State by Criminal Courts in Criminal Cases for the opinion on the application of the accused and by the Criminal Courts for the opinion on the application of the party in a private prosecution. The letter for the opinion of the Examiner of the Document at Ahmedabad Bureau should be addressed to "the State Examiner of Documents, Criminal Investigation Department, Gujarat State, Ahmedabad-1" and the letter addressed to the Rajkot Bureau should be addressed to "the State Examiner of Documents, Criminal Investigation Department, Gujarat State, Rajkot." The examination of the documents in paid cases will not be undertaken, unless the Court or the party calling for the opinion of the examiner guarantees the payment of the photographic charges and of the opinion and evidence fees. The charges for supplying the photographs of documents are mentioned in Schedule B Appendix 18 of the Bombay Police Manual, 1959, Vol. III.