Bombay HC Sentences Tehelka Founder Tarun Tejpal to 10 Years in 2013 Sexual Assault Case

What Happened

The Bombay High Court's Goa bench sentenced former Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment, overturning a 2021 trial court acquittal in a 2013 sexual assault case involving a junior colleague. The court found him guilty under rape and sexual harassment provisions after re-examining the evidence in the case. The case stems from allegations that Tejpal sexually assaulted a woman journalist in a hotel elevator during Tehelka's ThinkFest event in Goa in November 2013.