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Tejpal moves Supreme Court against sentence in rape case

Tejpal moves Supreme Court against sentence in rape case

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Tarun Tejpal speaks to media after being convicted in the 2013 sexual assault case on August 6, 2026. | Photo Credit: ANI Journalist Tarun Tejpal has appealed to the Supreme Court against a Bombay High Court judgment sentencing him to 10 years’ imprisonment in a 2013 rape case. The Bombay High Court Bench sentenced him on August 6. Tejpal’s appeal follows the State of Goa’s petition in the top court a few days ago for enhancement of his punishment to life imprisonment. The State had said the sentence was manifestly inadequate but clarified that it did not want to challenge or reopen the findings of the High Court on merits. The High Court had set aside his acquittal by a Goa Sessions Court five years ago. While Tejpal pleaded for leniency, claiming he was a “political victim” and the father of two daughters, Solicitor-General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Goa government, had demanded the maximum punishment to send a strong message. The State of Goa has said the 10-year prison sentence pronounced by the High …

Former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal moves to Supreme Court against 10-year sentence in rape case

Former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal moves to Supreme Court against 10-year sentence in rape case

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Former Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal, after being convicted by the Goa High Court, has approached the Supreme Court challenging his 10-year prison sentence in a rape case involving a former colleague. As per IANS, the matter has now reached the apex court, with Tejpal seeking relief against the High Court’s decision. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Tarun Tejpal conviction: Goa govt moves SC seeking enhancement of sentence

Tarun Tejpal conviction: Goa govt moves SC seeking enhancement of sentence

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The Goa government on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court seeking enhancement of the sentence handed down to journalist Tarun Tejpal in the 2013 sexual assault case. On August 6, Tejpal was convicted of rape and sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for 10 years by the Bombay High Court, overturning the verdict of the trial court which had acquitted the former editor of Tehelka five years ago. In a petition filed in the apex court, the Goa government said that the sentence pronounced by the high court was “grossly disproportionate to the nature and gravity of the offences” committed by Tejpal. “The present case warrants enhancement of sentence to imprisonment for life, or such enhanced sentence as this court may deem appropriate, and the sentences ought not to have been directed to run concurrently,” the plea said. In its verdict, the high court had termed the trial court”s 2021 order as “perverse”, noting that it fell for the notion that a sexual assault complainant must be a “perfect victim” and conduct herself in a certain way so …

From 2013 rape case allegations to 10-year jail sentence

From 2013 rape case allegations to 10-year jail sentence

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The Tarun Tejpal case has spanned nearly 13 years, beginning with allegations of sexual assault by a junior colleague during Tehelka’s ThinkFest event in Goa in 2013. The case saw an FIR, arrest, trial, acquittal by a sessions court in 2021 and its reversal by the Bombay High Court in 2026 Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Delhi high court suspends Bihar BJP leader Raju Pal Singh’s prison sentence

Delhi high court suspends Bihar BJP leader Raju Pal Singh’s prison sentence

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 The Delhi High Court has suspended the four-year sentence awarded to Bihar Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Raju Kumar Singh in connection with the death of a woman during celebratory firing at his farmhouse in south Delhi’s Fatehpur Beri on New Year’s Eve in 2018. On June 6, special judge Vishal Gogne convicted Raju Pal Singh for culpable homicide not amounting to murder with knowledge under the Indian Penal Code and provisions of the Arms Act (Facebook) A bench of justice Manoj Jain passed the order on Monday, observing that there was no likelihood of his appeal against the trial court’s conviction and sentence being heard in the near future. The court directed that the suspension of sentence would be subject to Singh furnishing a personal bond and a surety bond of ₹25,000 each, to the satisfaction of the trial court. “Keeping in mind, the overall facts of the case and the fact that there is no likelihood of appeal getting finally heard in near future, the sentence of the appellant, is, hereby suspended on …

Delhi court reserves Tahir Hussain sentence order till July 31

Delhi court reserves Tahir Hussain sentence order till July 31

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A Delhi court on Monday reserved its order on the quantum of sentence to be imposed on former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Tahir Hussain and four others convicted in the murder of Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer Ankit Sharma during the 2020 North-East Delhi riots.  Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Praveen Singh of the Karkardooma Court said it would pronounce the order on July 31 after hearing detailed submissions from the prosecution and the defence on the question of sentence.  Seeking the maximum punishment, Delhi Police urged the court to award the death penalty, describing Sharma’s killing as a “cold-blooded” and “brutal” murder, arguing that the 51 injuries found on his body reflected the extreme brutality of the assault.  The prosecution argued that those now seeking mercy had shown none to the victim, claiming that no one attempted to take Sharma to a hospital after the assault. “Those who want mercy should also show mercy. They have no evidence to show that any mercy was shown by any person to carry this person to a hospital,” …

Delhi court upholds 4-year sentence to man in Arms Act case

Delhi court upholds 4-year sentence to man in Arms Act case

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New Delhi, A Delhi court has upheld the four-year rigorous imprisonment awarded to a man found in possession of an illegal country-made pistol, saying the convict had demonstrated propensity towards repeated criminal conduct. Delhi court upholds 4-year sentence to man in Arms Act case Additional Sessions Judge Saurabh Partap Singh, who was hearing the appeal filed by Virender alias Kala Badal, against an October 2025 order of a magisterial court sentencing him under the Arms Act, underlined that the credibility of police witnesses cannot be doubted merely because they belong to the state’s law enforcement agency. According to the prosecution, Virender was apprehended by the Crime Branch on June 17, 2019 near Jhareda village here following a tip off. A single-shot country-made pistol and two live cartridges were recovered from his possession. In an order dated July 9, the court said, “It is well settled that no infirmity attaches to the testimony of police officials merely because they belong to the police force, and there is no rule of law which lays down that a …

Delhi court upholds 4-year sentence to man in Arms Act case

Kerala HC declines to suspend sentence of two accused in 2017 actress assault case

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Kochi, The Kerala High Court has declined to suspend the sentence of two accused in the 2017 actress assault case, in view of the seriousness of the crime committed by them and the manner in which it was carried out. Kerala HC declines to suspend sentence of two accused in 2017 actress assault case A bench of justices Raja Vijayaraghavan V and K V Jayakumar also took into account “the larger considerations of public interest, the societal impact of the offence, and the need to preserve public confidence in the administration of criminal justice”, to deny the relief to the two accused. The order came while dismissing the separate pleas by Saleem H and Pradeep, accused number 5 and 6, respectively, in the case. The court said that on going through the judgment and the materials placed on record, it was of the prima facie view that there was sufficient evidence on record to prove the alleged conspiracy between the six accused and that they executed their plan with precision. “Prima facie, it appears that …

SC denies suspension of Pocso sentence, bail to Asaram

SC denies suspension of Pocso sentence, bail to Asaram

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to consider suspending the sentence of self-styled godman Asaram or releasing him on bail at this stage while agreeing to examine his challenge to a Rajasthan High Court judgment upholding his conviction for sexually assaulting a minor devotee at his Jodhpur ashram in 2013. SC denies suspension of Pocso sentence, bail to Asaram A bench of justices MM Sundresh and Sheel Nagu issued notice to the Rajasthan government on Asaram’s petition challenging the high court verdict but made it clear that no interim relief would be granted without first hearing the state and unless his medical condition demonstrated a grave threat to life. “We are not granting bail now. Subject to hearing the State, we will consider if there is grave necessity to grant bail, like his life is in danger,” observed the bench. The court also declined to suspend the sentence for the present. “We are not considering suspension of sentence. If grave urgency is there, such as danger to life, that is the only factor we will …

Pune 3-year-old rape case: Why judge refused to consider 65-year-old convict’s age before death sentence

Pune 3-year-old rape case: Why judge refused to consider 65-year-old convict’s age before death sentence

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Nearly two months after the rape and murder of a three-year-old girl in Pune district’s Nasrapur village sent shock waves across Maharashtra, a special Pune court on Monday gave a death penalty to a 65-year-old man. The details of the incident, which occurred on May 1, are harrowing. (Praful Gangurde/HT\representational image) The capital punishment was pronounced by Additional Judge (special judge) S R Salunkhe. The judge, categorizing the case as the “rarest of the rare,” made it clear that the brutality of the crime left no room for leniency, news agency PTI reported. A pattern of “total depravity” The incident took place on May 1. The accused, Kamble lured the three-year-old child with a promise of snacks and the excitement of seeing a newborn calf. Also read | 65-year-old convicted in Nasrapur child rape, murder He led her to a secluded shed near a cattle barn where he subjected her to sexual and unnatural assault. To cover his tracks, he murdered her by gagging her and inflicting severe chest injuries. Judge Salunkhe observed that the …