India, Aug. 6 -- The Bombay High Court at Goa on Thursday overturned a trial court's 2021 acquittal and held former Tehelka magazine editor Tarun Tejpal, 61, guilty of raping a junior colleague during the ThinkFest conference at a five-star hotel in Goa in 2013.

A bench of Justices Neela Gokhale and Amit Jamsandekar sentenced Tejpal to 10 years of jail on Thursday.

Tejpal was sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment and fined Rs.5 lakhs for charges under IPC section 376, one year of rigorous imprisonment and fine of Rs.10,000 for charges under section IPC's 354 (A), and rigorous imprisonment of three years for charges under sector 254 (B).

His sentences will run concurrently, which means that he will serve a total of 10 years in ...