Goa Govt Moves Supreme Court Seeking Harsher Sentence for Tarun Tejpal

The Goa government has approached the Supreme Court arguing that the 10-year prison sentence awarded to former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal is inadequate, seeking a life term instead. Earlier this month, the Goa Bench of the Bombay High Court overturned a 2021 trial court acquittal and convicted Tejpal of raping a female colleague. The assault took place inside an elevator in 2013. The state government contends that the gravity of the crime warrants a more stringent punishment than the decade-long sentence currently handed down.
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