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The Delhi High Court today did not grant Tehelka founder Tarun Tejpal, accused of raping a colleague, any protection from arrest. The court is expected to give its order on Mr Tejpal's petition for anticipatory bail on Friday.
The Goa Police had told the court that Tehelka founder Tarun Tejpal, who it has charged with rape, should not be granted bail for what it described as an act of "depravity".
The police said Mr Tejpal has admitted to his offence in emails sent last week to Tehelka employees including the younger colleague he is accused of violating. The emails, the police argued, turn this into "an open-and-shut case."
Mr Tejpal's lawyers, however, have asked the court to grant him bail for four weeks.
In his request in court, Mr Tejpal has described his interaction with the young woman at a five-star hotel in Goa earlier this month as "light heated bantering."
In an email to the same reporter last week, he apologized for trying to force "a sexual liaison" with her twice in Goa despite her "clear reluctance."
The Goa Police also alleged in court that a member of Mr Tejpal's family visited the journalist's mother in Delhi and suggested, "We can sit across the table and work this out."
The journalist has said that visit was intended to harass and intimidate her; her mother filed a police complaint in Delhi against Mr Tejpal yesterday.
The reporter did not press charges against Mr Tejpal. She complained not to the police but to Tehelka Managing Editor Shoma Chaudhary in an email which was leaked. The Goa Police used that email to charge Mr Tejpal with rape last week.
Tehelka case: court to decide on Tarun Tejpal's bail on Friday, open-and-shut case say Goa police | NDTV.com