The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Goa government on a plea filed by former Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal challenging the Bombay High Court’s judgment convicting him in a 2013 rape case and sentencing him to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment.
The matter was heard by a bench comprising Justice M.M. Sundresh and Justice Prasanna B. Varale on September 24.
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Tejpal had approached the Supreme Court challenging the August 6 judgment of the Bombay High Court, which overturned his acquittal by the trial court and convicted him in the case. The High Court awarded him a 10-year rigorous imprisonment sentence.
Tejpal had surrendered before a Goa court on September 14 following an earlier Supreme Court direction requiring him to surrender before his appeal against the conviction could be heard on merits. He was subsequently sent to Central Jail at Colvale.
The Goa government has separately approached the Supreme Court seeking enhancement of Tejpal’s sentence, arguing that the 10-year term should be increased.
