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Tarun Tejpal Surrenders Before Goa Court After Top Court Order In Rape Case

The Supreme Court had given Tarun Tejpal three weeks to surrenderbefore his appeal against the conviction is taken up for hearing. The three-week deadline ends tomorrow.

Tarun Tejpal Surrenders Before Goa Court After Top Court Order In Rape Case

Former Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal appeared before the Mapusa court in Goa on Monday to surrender in connection with the 2013 rape case, as ordered by the Supreme Court following his appeal against the conviction. The allegations stem from sexual assault accusations made by a female journalist who alleged Tejpal assaulted her inside a hotel elevator on November 7 and 8, 2013.

Tejpal was initially arrested on November 30, 2013, on those charges. Despite a plea seeking exemption from surrender, the Supreme Court rejected Tejpal's request and ordered him to surrender within three weeks. The single-judge bench of Justice Alok Aradhe also directed Tejpal to provide the surrender certificate before the Court, allowing his criminal appeal to be listed for hearing on September 22, provided he submits the surrender certificate by then.

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