Seems like ‘manual for rape victims’: Bombay High Court on Tarun Tejpal case verdict

Panaji, June 2

The Goa Bench of the Bombay High Court on Wednesday observed that the sessions court’s judgement acquitting journalist Tarun Tejpal in a 2013 rape case was like a “manual for rape victims” as it goes into how a victim should respond in such cases.

Justice SC Gupte issued a notice to Tejpal and posted for June 24 the appeal filed by the Goa Government against the sessions court’s order acquitting him in the case.

“The judgement goes into how she (victim) responded. There are some observations on this. It is like a manual for rape victims,” Justice Gupte said. The HC said the judgement also did not include the prosecution’s case. It (judgement) directly goes into the gist of the case and then the victim’s evidence and statements of witnesses, Justice Gupte said. — PTI