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The Goa bench of the Bombay High Court on Thursday convicted journalist Tarun Tejpal for raping and sexually harassing a junior colleague in 2013, Live Law reported.
A division bench of Justices Neela Gokhale and Amit Jamsandekar set aside the verdict of a sessions court from 2021 acquitting Tejpal, and allowed the appeal filed by the Goa government. The case will be taken up again at 2.30 pm for a hearing on the sentencing.
The High Court convicted Tejpal under provisions of the Indian Penal Code pertaining to rape by a person holding trust or authority, rape by a person who is in a position of control or dominance over a woman, sexual harassment and criminal force against a woman with an intent to disrobe her, Live Law reported.
Tejpal, the former editor-in-chief of Tehelka magazine, was accused of raping a junior colleague in an elevator in 2013. A sessions court in Goa’s Mapusa had acquitted him in May 2021.
Additional Sessions Judge Kshama Joshi had said at the time that Tejpal was granted “benefit of doubt” in the absence of corroborative evidence to support the allegations made by the complainant. The judge had also remarked that the complainant did not show the “kind of normative behaviour” expected from her.
Edited by Nachiket Deuskar.
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