Panaji: A trial court will formally frame charges in connection with the rape and sexual harassment case against former Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal on September 28, public prosecutor Francis Tavora said on Thursday.
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Tejpal’s counsel Pramod Dubey has, however, told reporters that Section 376 had been dropped from the list of charges. Accused of sexually assaulting a junior female colleague in the elevator of a hotel in north Goa during an event in November 2013, Tejpal was subsequently arrested but is now out on bail. Dubey said that the future course of action would be decided “once the order is examined”.
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