孟买高等法院戈亚分庭推翻了对印度记者塔伦·特帕尔的无罪裁决，以强奸和性骚扰罪名判其有罪 [1]。特帕尔曾任《Tehelka》杂志编辑，被控在2013年11月该杂志在戈亚举办的一场活动中，在电梯内性侵一名女同事 [1]。法院将在后续程序中对其量刑 [1]。
这一判决推翻了下级法院2021年做出的无罪判决 [1]。戈亚政府随后提起上诉，印度检察长图沙尔·梅塔代表政府敦促法院判处最高刑罚，并表示"当女孩说不时，就是不" [1]。特帕尔曾因此案被逮捕并服刑7个月，后获最高法院保释 [1]。特帕尔声称自己是"政治受害者"，并表示将向更高法院提起上诉 [1]。
The Mumbai High Court's Goa bench has convicted Indian journalist Tarun Tejpal on charges related to a 2013 sexual assault incident, overturning a not-guilty verdict issued by a lower court in 2021 [1]. Tejpal, the former editor of Tehelka magazine, was found guilty under Indian laws concerning rape and sexual harassment [1]. The assault allegedly occurred in an elevator at a magazine event in Goa in November 2013, where Tejpal is accused of assaulting a female colleague [1].
The case had a protracted legal history before reaching this conviction. After Tejpal was arrested and served seven months in prison, he was granted bail by the Supreme Court [1]. The lower court subsequently dismissed all charges against him in 2021, but the Goa government appealed the acquittal [1]. During proceedings in the higher court, India's Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the Goa government, urged the bench to impose the maximum penalty and stated that "when a girl says no, it is no" [1]. Tejpal has characterized himself as a "political victim" and indicated his intention to appeal to a higher court [1]. Sentencing is scheduled for a later date [1].