A case was registered under the Atrocities Act against the district government pleader in Dharashiv, formerly Osmanabad, in Maharashtra for alleged dereliction of duty and helping accused persons being tried by a court, police have said.

The State Law and Justice Department had directed the district superintendent of police to file a case against the government pleader for allegedly remaining absent during the court hearings in a bid to help the accused being tried under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, they said on Saturday.