The case towards Tejpal entails allegations that he sexually assaulted a junior colleague twice in 2013, in an elevator of a high-end resort in Goa. The Goa Police subsequently registered a First Data Report (FIR) towards Tejpal for numerous offences, together with rape.
He was arrested in November 2013 and later launched on bail in July 2014.
The trial towards Tejpal commenced in 2017 and lasted for 4 years. In Could 2021, the trial courtroom acquitted Tejpal.
The Excessive Court docket reversed the trial courtroom acquittal on August 6 this yr and convicted Tejpal for rape. He was sentenced to imprisonment for 10 years and a tremendous of over ₹10 lakh.
Tejpal has challenged this ruling earlier than the Supreme Court docket.
Notably, on a request by Tejpal, the Excessive Court docket, in its August 6 verdict, had granted him 4 weeks to give up earlier than the jail authorities, though it rejected his plea to remain the conviction.
