Prosecuted, but elevated rather than lowered (3,2)
I believe the answer is:
had up
'rather than lowered' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.
'prosecuted but elevated' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'elevated' could be 'up' (raised up) and 'up' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'had' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for had up that I've seen before include "Called to account before a court" , "being courted" , "Put on trial" , "Brought before the court" .)