Goa AG: Trial court's Tejpal acquittal relied on victim character assumptions
Goa Advocate General Devidas Pangam has welcomed the Bombay High Court's decision to overturn the 2021 trial court acquittal of Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal. The High Court instead convicted him in a 2013 rape case involving a former junior colleague. Pangam remarked that the verdict was positive, noting that the initial trial court had based its acquittal on specific assumptions regarding the victim's character.
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