Since you have already approached court for solution including divorce as well as return of her articles and also maintenance amount, you may have to follow it up scrupulously.
Under Indian law, she has significant remedies to recover her belongings and hold them accountable for the fraud and cruelty.
The husband has no legal right to withhold her jewelry, bank keys, or college certificates. In India, a woman's Stridhan (gifts, jewelry, and property given to her before, during, or after marriage) belongs exclusively to her.
Section 14 of the Hindu Succession Act / Civil Suit: Affirms her absolute ownership over her Stridhan.
Retaining her Stridhan and vital legal/educational documents against her will constitutes a criminal offense. Filing a police complaint or an application before the court under section Section 316 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita / BNS for the immediate release of her certificates and jewelry is highly effective.
The behavior described hiding a major physical condition, isolating her, putting her under surveillance, forcing her to sleep separately, and locking her out of the house amounts to intense mental and emotional cruelty.
She can file a case under the DV Act to claim multiple urgent reliefs (under Domestic Violence Act (PWDVA, 2005) for Residence Orders to secure access to her personal belongings and locker keys, for Monetary Relief / Maintenance for her daily sustenance and legal expenses and for Compensation towards specific damages for the emotional torture and mental agony she endured.
Given that the husband has been dragging out court-appointed mediation for a year without genuine intent, your legal counsel should consider the following strategy she may inform the court or the mediator that the husband is using the platform as a stalling tactic and refusing to cooperate in good faith. Request the court to close mediation and move the matter to active litigation, request the court to direct the husband to immediately deposit her college certificates and locker keys into the custody of the court, prepare a list of all her items including stridhan and submit it before court for relief and remedy.