The judge is expected to deliver the verdict on his bail plea any time now.
Earlier in the day, judge Anuja Prabhudesai heard both the parties and kept the matter for order in the evening.
While Tejpal's counsel Geeta Luthra argued that custodial interrogation of his client was not required as he has not evaded arrest any time, public prosecutor Saresh Lotlikar said that the victim had been consistent in her submission and that custodial interrogation of Tejpal is required.
Public prosecutor Saresh Lotlikar argued that Tejpal, who has been charged with sexually assaulting a woman colleague in a five-star hotel here, should be in police custody so that he can be properly interrogated.
He said Tejpal has been changing his version and is now claiming that he has not been heard.
"The accused has been changing colours like a chameleon through different statements," he told the district and sessions Judge Anuja Prabhudesai.
Tejpal, who was present in the court on Saturday, was later heckled by a protester who hurled a black flag on him, but missed the target as he entered the car.
Lotlikar said the CCTV footage of the hotel in Goa where the incident occurred early this month gives enough hints confirming the allegation of rape.
The public prosecutor also argued that Tejpal was not available for Goa Police and appeared only after getting interim relief from court on Friday.
He alleged that Tejpal has in the past tried to influence the family of the complainant and referred to an FIR filed in Delhi in this regard.
That the accused is interfering in the investigation is well corroborated by his past conduct, he said.
The public prosecutor noted that the victim has been consistent in her statements.
As the hearing resumed this morning, Tejpal's lawyer Geeta Luthra said his client was ready to stay in Goa till the time the investigating agency needed him. He was ready to surrender all documents including his passport, she said, telling the police his arrest was not necessary.
She said he will also not visit Mumbai, where the victim is currently residing.
"There should not be any fear that he (Tejpal) will tamper with witnesses or evidence," the defence lawyer said.
Luthra also ruled out the possibility of Tejpal fleeing the country, saying he has not fled before the FIR or after that.
"My client cannot tamper with the aggrieved girl as she will stand by her statement," the lawyer said.
Wrapping up her arguments, Luthra said false allegation of rape can bring distress to the accused and cause equal damage to him as to the complainant.
She said as the rape law has become more stringent, so it it all the more required for the accused to defend himself for which "his liberty may be preserved". Earlier in the day, countering the notion that he had been avoiding arrest, beleaguered Tehelka's founder-editor Tarun Tejpal attended a sessions court in Panaji where hearing resumed on his anticipatory bail application on Saturday morning.
Before attending court, Tejpal presented himself before the crime branch office at Dona Paula in the morning, saying he was available to them and not evading arrest.
There was no questioning done by the crime branch.
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