The Supreme Court grants three weeks interim bail to journalist Tarun Tejpal, facing rape charges, to attend the cremation of his mother and subsequent rituals.Tejpal was arrested and sent to jail on November 30. 

The Tejpal case took a new twist last month with him telling the Supreme Court that his apology to the victim, being used as key evidence against him, was sent "on the terms of the victim" under pressure from Shoma Chaudhury, the then managing editor of the magazine, and the words used were not his.

Tejpal, who has already spent 130 days in jail, said he was shocked to hear from Chaudhury about the complaint on November 18, 2013, and had categorically refuted the allegations.