India, Feb. 13 -- The Calcutta high court on Monday directed the West Bengal government to revive prosecution in 10 murder cases registered between 2007 and 2009 in East Midnapore district, setting aside the government's decision to withdraw prosecution against the accused.

The high court ruled that the accused in the 10 criminal cases must stand trial. "Murders did take place. Postmortem reports available with the case diaries establish such facts. Therefore, as on date, in society there are persons who are guilty of such murders. Allowing the prosecution to withdraw under Section 321 of the Criminal Procedure Code will not be in public interest. In fact, it would cause public harm and injury," a bench of justices Debangsu Basak and Md ...