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Specific Duties of Prosecuting Officers.- The Director of Prosecutions shall while examining the matter under sub-section (2) of section 65, verify whether the case has gone against the Government because of any fault of the Investigating Officers or of the Officer-in-charge of the Prosecutions, and communicate his views to the Officer concerned. If in the opinion of the Director of Prosecution it amounts to misconduct, he shall initiate disciplinary action against the officer, unless he has no power to do so, in which case the case shall be reported to the Home Secretary for taking further action. (2) The Prosecutors shall discharge their duties subject to the control and supervision of the Director and the Deputy Director of Prosecutions. (3) The Superintendents of Police should invariably attend the Sessions Courts and watch the trial of Sessions cases especially murder and other heinous offences. CHAPTER XII Miscellaneous