{"id":28489,"date":"2026-09-25T06:21:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T06:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=28489"},"modified":"2026-09-25T06:21:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T06:21:11","slug":"tarun-tejpal-challenges-rape-conviction-sc-seeks-goa-govt-response-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=28489","title":{"rendered":"Tarun Tejpal challenges rape conviction, SC seeks Goa govt response | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-134476888,imgsize-49756,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/fmr-tehelka-editor-tarun-tejpal-surrenders-before-goa-court-sent-to-jail-to-serve-10-year-sentence.jpg\" alt=\"Tarun Tejpal challenges rape conviction, SC seeks Goa govt response\" title=\"Tejpal surrendered before a Goa court on September 14\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Tejpal surrendered before a Goa court on September 14\">Tejpal surrendered before a Goa court on September 14<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: The <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/supreme-court\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Supreme Court<\/a> has issued notice to the Goa government on a plea filed by former Tehelka editor-in-chief <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/tarun-tejpal\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tarun Tejpal<\/a> challenging the Bombay high court judgment convicting him in a 2013 sexual assault case and sentencing him to 10 years\u2019 rigorous imprisonment.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>The bench sought the state\u2019s response on Tejpal\u2019s challenge to the August 6 High Court verdict, which overturned his acquittal by a trial court in May 2021. The high court had convicted him of sexually assaulting a junior colleague inside a hotel elevator in Goa in November 2013 and also imposed a fine of more than Rs 10 lakh, to be paid to the survivor.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>Tejpal surrendered before a Goa court on September 14 after the Supreme Court directed him to do so within three weeks. He was subsequently sent to Central Jail at Colvale in North Goa to serve his sentence.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/tarun-tejpal-challenges-rape-conviction-sc-seeks-goa-govt-response\/articleshow\/134476745.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tejpal surrendered before a Goa court on September 14 NEW DELHI: 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 judgment convicting him in a 2013 sexual assault case and sentencing him to 10 years\u2019 rigorous imprisonment.The bench sought 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