Gujarat High Court Criminal Manual (subordinate court practice), 1977
It is noticed that the trial of cases is often delayed by the absence of witnesses and that some of the Magistrates fail to take action when witnesses though duly served, do not attend without sufficient cause. Magistrate may in proper cases take action under Section 350, Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, against witnesses who fail to appear on a summons or a bond, unless satisfactory reasons are given for their absence.