Tarun Tejpal Urges "In-Camera" Hearing Of Plea Against His Acquittal

On May 21, a sessions court acquitted Tarun Tejpal in the case where he was accused of sexually assaulting his then colleague in a lift of a five-star hotel in Goa in November 2013.

Journalist Tarun Tejpal in a submission before the Bombay High Court on Tuesday sought an "in-camera" hearing of the Goa government's petition challenging his acquittal in a 2013 rape case, and sought its dismissal while raising preliminary objections on its maintainability. However, Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Goa government, opposed Tejpal's request for the ''in-camera'' hearing, saying the "country has the right to know how the institution dealt with the girl (victim)". On May 21, a sessions court acquitted Tejpal, the former editor-in-chief of the Tehelka magazine, in the case where he was accused of sexually assaulting his then colleague in a lift of a five-star hotel in Goa in November 2013 when they were attending an event. Later, the Goa government filed an appeal against it in the HC.