Tarun Tejpal Charged With Raping Junior Colleague

Earlier this week, the Bombay High Court at Goa had refused to stay the framing of charges against him, while issuing notice to the state government. The high court had, however, restrained the district court from examining the evidence in this case. Photo: PTI

The judge rejected the plea and allowed the framing of charges against Tejpal, who pleaded not guilty and claimed trial. Photo: AFP

The lawyer representing Tejpal pleaded before the Mapusa court in Goa to put the trial on hold as a petition challenging the framing of charges is already pending before the Bombay High Court at Goa. Photo: AFP

District Judge Vijaya Pol framed charges against Tejpal under IPC sections 376 (punishment for rape) and 354 A (sexual harrassment) and B (criminal assault with intent to disrobe a woman), 341 (wrongful restraint) and 342 (wrongful confinement), public prosecutor Fransisco Tavora told reporters. The judge will now try Tejpal under these sections, he said. Photo: PTI

Tejpal has been accused of sexually assaulting a junior female colleague in the elevator of a hotel in north Goa during an event in November three years ago. Tejpal was subsequently arrested but is now out on bail. The trial in the case is set to begin on November 21. Photo: PTI

Tarun Tejpal, the founder of Tehelka magazine, was charged in Goa court on Thursday with raping a junior colleague in a case filed against him in 2013. Photo: PTI