'Girlfriend-kicking' tech mogul Gurbaksh Chahal sent to an year in jail

Indian-American tech mogul Gubaksh Chahal has been sentenced to jail for violating probation in a domestic abuse case.

The 34-year-old tech mogul, who sold his startup for a whopping $300 million to Yahoo, will not begin the term immediately. San Francisco Superior Court Judge Tracie Brown spoke of the evidence while giving him time to appeal her ruling.

"Brown determined last month that Chahal had violated the probation ordered after he pleaded guilty in 2014 to misdemeanor charges of battery and domestic violence battery", Associated Press reported.

"Prosecutors said surveillance footage from his San Francisco penthouse showed him punching and kicking his girlfriend more than 100 times and trying to smother her with a pillow", the report adds.

Chahal entered his plea to reduce charges after the woman stopped cooperating with the authorities and the judge said that the video could not be used as evidence as it has been illegitimately procured. Chahal said that both the women cheated on him.

Chahal's attorney, James Lassart, said in court that his client was denied the right to question the woman during his probation revocation hearing. Brown allowed the penthouse video to be admitted as evidence and reviewed it privately before issuing the ruling.

Lassart argues that the judge should not consider the video in her sentencing as it has previously been deemed inadmissible.

Chahal, who appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show as an eligible bachelor, has met US President Barack Obama more than once.