Gujarat High Court Criminal Manual (subordinate court practice), 1977
Warrants of arrest should be made returnable on execution, or alternatively after a given time, e.g. three months. In the latter case they should be accompanied on return by a Police report as to whether the accused has been heard of, and is likely to come within reach. After reissue for a certain number of times, the warrant thus returned should be put on a dorman file in capital cases after seven years; in cases subject to imprisonment for not less than seven years, after three years; in less important cases, after a year. In the event of information reaching the Magistrate that the accused has been in the district, or where he could be arrested, the warrant may be reissued.