Bombay High Court convicts former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal in alleged sexual assault case

The Goa Bench of the Bombay High Court on Thursday (August 6, 2026) convicted former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal in the 2013 alleged sexual assault case filed by his junior colleague.

The Bombay High Court's Goa Bench was delivering the verdict on the Goa government's appeal challenging the acquittal of Tejpal in the alleged sexual assault case by the Goa Sessions Court in 2021.

The case pertains to allegations made by a woman journalist, who had accused Tejpal of sexually assaulting her inside a hotel elevator on November 7 and 8, 2013.