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How Tarun Tejpal was given access to the victim s personal WhatsApp messages to build his defence Between two courts, the fundamental right of the accused was upheld and the fundamental right of the victim overlooked. Kartik Kakar The Goa fast track courtâs verdict, which labelled the testimony of the victim in the Tarunjit Tejpal rape case as not being of âsterling qualityâ, drew heavily from the victimâs WhatsApp chat records. The court had allowed Tejpal to place those chats as material evidence to shoulder the bulk of his defence, which alluded to the victimâs âpropensity to indulge in sexual conversationsâ, past âflirtatiousâ encounters, and post-offence conduct. ....
Tejpal acquittal: In a country where 32,033 rapes are reported annually, a survivor was humiliated all over again, for not being the Sati-Savitri stereotype, writes Olav Albuquerque freepressjournal.in - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from freepressjournal.in Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Tejpal, Tehelka newsmagazine's founder-editor who was charged with sexually assaulting a former woman colleague inside the elevator of a luxury hotel in the state, was acquitted on last Friday. ....
Last week, a Goa session court acquitted noted journalist Tarun Tejpal of all sexual assault charges levelled against him by his former colleague in connection with a 2013 case
The additional sessions court, Mapusa, acquitting Tarun Tejpal, held that Goa police destroyed “clear proof of evidence” by not producing the CCTV foo ....