"We have been sent recommendation for filing appeals in two riots casesin which 14 accused-- four in a gang rape case and ten in a double murder case-- were acquitted by the lower courts due to lack of evidence here," district government counsel Dushyant Tyagi told PTI here today.
He said that the four accused in the gangrape case were acquitted by the fast track court on January 21 while 10 accused were acquitted in the double murder case by a sessions court this month.
The appeals would be filed in the High Court very soon.
Meanwhile, the state government has taken serious view of "poor pleadings" in riots cases and asked the district magistrate to start monitoring them.
An assistant government counsel has been relieved from the post due to unsatisfactory performance.
The 2013 communal riots in Muzaffarnagar and surroundings districts left over 60 people dead and thousands displaced.