Read more about Bombay HC to hear appeal against Tejpal s acquittal in rape case on May 27 on Business Standard. The vacation bench of the Bombay HC at Goa will hear the state government s petition challenging the acquittal of Tehelka magazine founder editor Tarun Tejpal in a sexual assault case on May 27
Goa government challenges Tarun Tejpal s acquittal in sexual assault case in Bombay High Court
Goa Advocate General Devidas Pangam told that the state government has challenged the order before the Goa bench of the Bombay HC.
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PANAJI: The Goa government on Tuesday challenged the acquittal by a sessions court of Tehelka magazine founder editor Tarun Tejpal in the sexual assault case in the Bombay High Court.
On May 21, a sessions court in Goa had acquitted Tejpal of the charge of sexually assaulting a former woman colleague inside the elevator of a luxury hotel in the state in 2013.
Tarun Tejpal. File
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The State government has challenged the order before the Goa bench of the Bombay High Court, says Goa Advocate General Devidas Pangam The Goa government on Tuesday challenged the acquittal by a sessions court of Tehelka magazine founder editor Tarun Tejpal in the sexual assault case in the Bombay High Court. Goa Advocate General Devidas Pangam told PTI that the State government has challenged the order before the Goa bench of the Bombay High Court. He said the HC is yet to assign the date for hearing the appeal. Mr. Tejpal had faced the trial under sections 341 (wrongful restraint), 342 (wrongful confinement), 354 (assault or criminal force with intent to outrage modesty), 354-A (sexual harassment), 354-B (assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to disrobe), 376(2)(f) (person in a position of authority over women, committing rape) and 376(2)k) (rape by a person in a position of control) of the Indian Penal Code.