The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted interim bail to Tehelka founder editor Tarun Tejpal in a sexual assault case.
Tejpal was arrested in Goa after a woman colleague accused him of sexually assaulting her in a hotel there in November last year.
Tejpal had first sought bail to perform the rituals following his mother’s death. He later kept on seeking extension of bail on one pretext or the other.
On May 19, the apex court granted Tejpal three weeks’ interim bail so that he could carry out the last rites and other rituals of his mother.
This was later extended till June 27 as more rituals were to be completed.