The apex court directed the former Tehelka editor-in-chief to file a surrender certificate on or before September 22, making it clear that his appeal against his conviction and 10-year rigorous imprisonment sentence would be heard on merits only after he surrenders

Former Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal has approached the Supreme Court challenging the Bombay High Court’s decision to convict him and sentence him to 10 years in prison in a 2013 rape case involving a former colleague. The Goa government has separately sought an enhancement of his sentence