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Acquitted Tarun Tejpal thanks Goa court for rigorous, impartial, free trial ANI | Updated: May 21, 2021 12:36 IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], May 20 (ANI): After his acquittal on Friday in the alleged sexual assault case, Tehelka magazine Editor-in-Chief Tarun Tejpal said he had been fasely accused and thanked the additional sessions judge court in Goa for its rigorous, impartial and fair trial.
In a statement after the verdict, Tejpal also thanked the additional sessions court judge Kshama Joshi who delivered the verdict for standing by the truth in an awfully vitiated age, where ordinary courage has become rare . In November 2013 I was falsely accused of sexual assault by a colleague. Today, the Trial Court of Additional Sessions Judge Kshama Joshi, in Goa, has honourably acquitted me. In an awfully vitiated age, where ordinary courage has become rare, I thank her for standing by the truth, Tejpal said in a statement.