He does not seem to have understood the gravity of the offence. India's elite lauded the amendments to the IPC, widening the definition of rape, little realizing that they did not apply simply to lower-class men, but could affect them too. While there has been much clamour for the death penalty in cases of rape involving the lower classes, would the elite now like to apply this to themselves?

On Tarun Tejpal's rape accusation and the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013, as quoted in "Tejpal's email apology strong documentary evidence" The Times of India (23 November 2013)