Gujarat High Court Criminal Manual (subordinate court practice), 1977
The Finger Print Bureau will not supply written reports on impressions submitted to it except at the request of a Criminal Court. Such reports will be supplied to it free, unless they are called for at the instance of a party in a private case in which case a fee of Rs. 20/- should be levied and forwarded to the Bureau alongwith the request. Levy of a fee of Rs. 30/- per day from private persons for the evidence of an Expert from the Finger Print Bureau in non-cognizable cases is sanctioned. No fee should, however, be charged for the attendance of an expert from the Finger Print Bureau in such cases in which the expenses of complainants and witnesses have been ordered to be paid by Government under paragraph 44.