TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ The Supreme Court refuses to quash the charges against journalist and former editor Tarun Tejpal in the case registered by his former junior colleague in 2013. The Supreme Court says the trial in the case is to be concluded in a period of six months.
Tejpal had filed an appeal to quash charges in the alleged sexual assault case lodged against him. The Goa Police has said earlier there are “contemporaneous” WhatsApp messages and e-mails which showed Tejpal, the founder and former editor of Tehelka magazine, should face trial in the case.
Tejpal is alleged to have sexually assaulted the former colleague inside the elevator of a five-star hotel in Goa in 2013. He has denied all the allegations levelled against him. He was arrested on November 30, 2013 by the Crime Branch after his anticipatory bail plea was rejected by the court. He has been out on bail since May 2014. He has moved the apex court challenging the Bombay High Court’s December 20, 2017 order dismissing his plea seeking quashing of charges.
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