From Reel to Real: Tarun Tejpal’s courtroom battle echoes 1993 blockbuster ‘Damini’The Bombay High Court has convicted former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal of raping a junior colleague in 2013, overturning his 2021 acquittal. The Goa bench sentenced him to 10 years, sharply criticising the trial court for shifting the burden of proof onto the survivor. On Thursday, as the Bombay High Court overturned a trial court’s acquittal and convicted former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal of raping a junior colleague, the scene rushed back into memory. Almost as if the Sunny Deol-Meenakshi Seshadri film about a powerful man and a vulnerable woman had come to life. Her character was dissected under a harsh, judgmental spotlight, effectively putting her on trial instead of Tejpal.