Tarun Tejpal sentenced to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment in 2013 rape case

Bombay HC sentences Tarun Tejpal to 10 years rigorous imprisonemnt for rapePANAJI: Thirteen years after the arrest of a high profile editor-in-chief of Tehelka magazine, Tarun Tejpal, for rape in an elevator of a starred hotel, the Bombay high court on Thursday found him guilty of rape and sentenced him to ten years Ri

Former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal | Photo Credit: AFP The Bombay High Court on Thursday (August 6, 2026) convicted former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal on charges of rape in a 2013 sexual assault case and set aside a sessions court order acquitting him.A Bench of Justices Neela Gokhale and Amit Jamsandekar of the HC’s G

Tarun Tejpal, while speaking to reporters, cited the case of Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam, who are in jail in the 2020 Delhi riots case, saying he is also "one of them"

Tejpal, who has denied the accusations, can appeal against the verdict in India's Supreme Court.