Goa govt seeks retrial in Tejpal case; cites trial court's observations
The Goa government in its appeal before the Bombay High Court against journalist Tarun Tejpal's acquittal in a rape case said it was a fit case for retrial, citing the trial court's lack of understanding of a victim's post-trauma behaviour and censuring of her character. The appeal, filed before the HC's Goa bench, was amended this week to bring on record the judgement and to include further grounds against the acquittal of Tejpal. The government said the trial court "considered the evidence given by defence witnesses as gospel truth, but at the same time discredited without any finding t...
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