‘Will approach Supreme Court’: Ex-Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal after conviction in 2013 sexual assault case
Justices Neela Gokhale and Amit Jamsandekar of the Bombay High Court at Goa overturned Tarun Tejpal's acquittal in the case granted to him in 2021.
The Bombay High Court has convicted former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal in a 2013 sexual assault case involving a junior colleague at a Goa five-star hotel. Tejpal, 62, maintains his innocence and plans to appeal the decision to the Supreme Court. His lawyer has requested a minimum sentence suspension for at least 10 weeks, citing the need to file an appeal.
The court overturned Tejpal's acquittal granted by a sessions judge in 2021, finding him guilty of rape, sexual harassment, assault with intent to disrobe, wrongful restraint, and wrongful confinement. The 2013 incident involved an accusation of rape and attempted assault against Tejpal during a ThinkFest conference in November of that year.
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