Apex court stays trial in sexual assault case against Tehelka Editor

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the trial court hearing by three weeks in alleged sexual assault case involving Tehelka founder editor Tarun Tejpal as accused and asked the prosecution to provide documents to him.
A bench comprising Chief Justice H L Dattu and A K Sikri, however, expressed unhappiness over the fact that the trial proceedings have been stalled and asked the counsel for Tejpal to not delay it further and start advancing arguments on framing of charges in the case.
“Please argue on charge on the basis of available documents. In last eight months even charges have not been framed,” it said when senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Tejpal, blamed prosecution for not supplying all relevant papers. Referring to the earlier proceedings, the bench said that it was told that the trial proceedings will not be hampered. “We should be little more careful while granting bail in such type of matters,” the court said. (PTI)