HC rejects Tarun Tejpal's plea to dismiss rape charge
The Panaji bench of the Bombay High Court has rejected Tehelka's former editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal's plea to dismiss the rape charges against him and rejected his request to discard the trial. Tejpal is accused of raping a female colleague at an event in Goa in 2013. Public prosecutor Francisco Tavora said the trial is likely to start after January 9.