India, July 14 -- The Bombay High Court has revived a cheating and criminal breach of trust probe against two women in a land dispute involving a 78-year-old widow from Wadgaonsheri, setting aside a Pune sessions court order that had termed the matter a civil dispute.

Justice Shivkumar Dige allowed a criminal revision plea filed by Suman Devi Chandulal Talera, observing that there was a prima facie case and that an elderly widow should not be forced to "run from one office to another and wear out the doorsteps of courts" for justice.

The court restored the Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) order directing Chandannagar police to register an FIR and investigate. It, however, upheld the quashing of proceedings against a third accused,...