Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleIndian journalist Tarun Tejpal has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after the Bombay High Court’s Goa bench convicted him of raping and sexually harassing a junior colleague. The court overturned a 2021 trial court ruling that had acquitted Tejpal of all charges related to the 2013 assaults during a work event. Tejpal, the 63-year-old founder and former editor-in-chief of Tehelka magazine, was also ordered to pay a fine of approximately 1 million rupees (about £7,815) to the survivor. The High Court criticized the lower court's acquittal as 'perverse,' stating it relied on 'stereotypical assumptions' about how a sexual assault survivor should react. Tejpal plans to challenge the conviction in the Supreme Court and has been granted four weeks to surrender. In fullFormer Indian magazine editor sentenced to 10 years for raping colleagueMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Journalist sentenced for raping colleague more than 10 years after assault took place
Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleIndian journalist Tarun Tejpal has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after the Bombay High Court’s Goa bench convicted him of raping and sexually harassing a junior colleague. The court overturned a 2021 trial court ruling that had acquitted Tejpal of all charges related to the 2013 assaults during a work event. Tejpal, the 63-year-old founder and former editor-in-chief of Tehelka magazine, was also ordered to pay a fine of approximately 1 million rupees (about £7,815) to the survivor. The High Court criticized the lower court's acquittal as 'perverse,' stating it relied on 'stereotypical assumptions' about how a sexual assault survivor should react. Tejpal plans to challenge the conviction in the Supreme Court and has been granted four weeks to surrender. In fullFormer Indian magazine editor sentenced to 10 years for raping colleagueMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
