Stating that the order by a trial court acquitting former Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal needed "deeper scrutiny and reappreciation", the Bombay High Court in Goa on Saturday granted the state government leave to appeal against .
Tejpal, who had challenged the state government's decision to appeal against his acquittal, claimed procedural lapses on part of the prosecution in their appeal application.
Tarun Tejpal verdict ‘coloured by prejudice and patriarchy’, says Goa government in appeal to HC
In its amended appeal, the state government said Tejpal was not subjected to such high standard of scrutiny as the complainant.
Appealing against the acquittal of Tarun Tejpal, the founder-editor of
Tehelka magazine who was accused of sexual assault and rape by a younger colleague, the Goa government has said that the trial court’s judgement is “coloured by prejudice and patriarchy”,
Live Law reported on Monday.
On May 21, Additional Sessions Judge Kshama Joshi at the Mapusa District and Sessions Court in Goa acquitted Tejpal in the case registered in 2013. On May 25, the Goa government moved the Bombay High Court against the acquittal of the journalist. In the 527-page judgement, made available on May 25, the judge said the journalist was cleared of all charges as the complainant did not show the “kind of normative behaviour” expected from her.