The case dates again to 2013, when Tejpal was accused of sexually assaulting a junior colleague in an elevator of a high-end lodge in Goa.
The Goa Police subsequently registered a First Data Report (FIR) in opposition to Tejpal for varied offences together with rape.
He was arrested in November 2013 and later launched on bail in July 2014.
The trial in opposition to Tejpal commenced in 2017 and lasted for 4 years. In Might 2021, the trial court docket acquitted Tejpal.
The trial decide reasoned that the investigating officer who probed the rape case dedicated a number of omissions and the prosecution failed to provide essential proof together with CCTV footage in her judgment.
The State then challenged the acquittal earlier than the Excessive Court docket.
The Excessive Court docket reversed the trial court docket acquittal on August 6 this 12 months and convicted Tejpal. He was sentenced to imprisonment for 10 years and a fantastic of over ₹10 lakh.
