Yes — and obtaining certified copies promptly and systematically is one of the most practically important habits to develop in any criminal case in Vadodara. Without certified copies of key documents, you cannot file an effective appeal or revision, you cannot easily change lawyers, and you cannot respond to verification processes that arise while your case is pending.

Your entitlement to the core documents begins at the cognizance stage. Under Section 230 of the BNSS (formerly Section 207 CrPC), once the Magistrate takes cognizance of a police report, you are entitled to be supplied — without charge — with copies of the chargesheet, the FIR, the witness statements recorded under Section 180 BNSS during investigation, and every other document the prosecution intends to rely on at trial. This right is mandatory and foundational: without access to these documents your lawyer cannot properly prepare the defence, cannot identify the prosecution's witnesses and their statements, and cannot plan cross-examination. If these have not been supplied, raise it with your counsel immediately.

For certified copies of court orders, judgments, deposition records, and other documents generated during the proceedings, the process at Vadodara's district courts runs through the copying section of the court where your case is being heard — the CJM Court, the relevant Magistrate court, or the Vadodara Sessions Court. Your advocate or a registered court agent files a certified-copy application specifying the document, pays the prescribed court fee, and the copying section issues the certified copy within the applicable timeframe. Certified copies bear the court's official seal and can be produced before the Gujarat HC in Ahmedabad, the Supreme Court, or any authority requiring formal court documentation. The right to certified copies of judicial records flows from the general law of evidence now embodied in the BSA. The criminal advocates at the Vadodara panel of Aapka Legal Advice can file certified-copy applications and follow up with the copying sections of Vadodara's courts so you have every document when the limitation clock is running.

A practical standing instruction: obtain the certified copy of every significant order or judgment on the day it is passed or as soon thereafter as possible. Limitation for appeals and revisions runs from the date of the order, and courts assess requests for condonation of delay arising from delay in getting certified copies strictly.