Tarun Tejpal appeals Bombay HC conviction and 10-year sentence in Supreme Court

Journalist Tarun Tejpal has moved the Supreme Court challenging his conviction and ten-year prison sentence handed down by the Bombay High Court. The high court had reversed a lower court's acquittal in a sexual assault case dating back to 2013. Tejpal was found guilty of raping a junior colleague inside a hotel elevator in Goa. The Goa government has separately sought a harsher life sentence, arguing the ten-year term is insufficient. Tejpal has previously alleged that the legal proceedings against him were politically motivated.