Gujarat High Court Criminal Manual (subordinate court practice), 1977
Notices calling upon accused persons to show cause why they should not be retried or committed to the Court of Session, or why a sentence should not be enhanced, or why imprisonment should not be awarded in addition to or in lieu of a mere sentence of fine, and notices calling upon persons to show cause why they should not execute a bond for good behaviour or for keeping the peace, other notices of a like nature and summonses in cases under Motor Vehicles Act, 1939, and Bombay Police Act, 1951, should be returned served, as soon as possible. If service cannot be effected for a period of one month in the matters of the Court of the Metropolitan Magistrates and for the period of four months in the matters of other Courts, after receipt of the notice, it should be returned accompanied by a police report stating in detail the efforts made for effecting service and why such efforts failed and whether the accused is or is not likely to come within reach. The notice will then be re-issued three times, in all, and fresh efforts will be made for serving it. If such a notice is ultimately returned unserved, it shall be put on the dormant file in cases of offences punishable with