‘Victim suffered profound embarrassment’: Court in Tarun Tejpal rape case

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The Goa bench of the Bombay High Court made strong remarks Thursday as it handed Tehelka founder Tarun Tejpal a 10-year prison sentence in a 2013 rape case. What Goa court said on Tejpal rape caseIn 2021, a sessions court in Goa acquitted Tejpal, saying the complainant “did not demonstrate any kind of normative behaviour” a victim of sexual assault “might plausibly show”. ‘My first offence’Earlier today the High Court convicted Tejpal, 62, of rape, sexual harassment and the use of criminal force against a woman. Tarun Tejpal rape caseA woman journalist had accused Tejpal of sexually assaulting her in a hotel elevator on November 7 and November 8, 2013. Also Read | Tarun Tejpal found guilty of rape: A timeline of acquittal and convictionGoa Police first registered a FIR on November 23, 2013.