SC Dismisses Politician Shrikant Tyagi’s Plea Seeking Police Protection

The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition filed by Noida-based politician Shrikant Tyagi, who was arrested in August last year for allegedly assaulting a woman in a Noida society, seeking police protection.
Tyagi had gained public attention after a video circulated showing him purportedly verbally and physically attacking a female resident of his society in Noida. The altercation reportedly began when the woman objected to Tyagi planting trees within the premises of the Grand Omaxe society in Sector 93B, Noida. Tyagi faced charges for assaulting and verbally abusing the woman.

A bench comprising Justices Bela M Trivedi and S C Sharma stated their disinclination to intervene with the judgment of the Allahabad High Court.

“We are not inclined to interfere with the judgment impugned herein under Article 136 of the Constitution of India. The petition for Special Leave to Appeal is dismissed,” the bench remarked.

The apex court was hearing an appeal filed by the politician challenging the High Court’s July 4 judgment, which had dismissed his plea. The High Court had expressed that “a person who has chosen violence and does not value human life has no right to plead that the state should take special measures to protect his life from rivals.”

“In our opinion, providing personal security would bolster the activities of such a person to the detriment of the society at large. A person who has chosen violence and does not have any value of human life has no right to plead that the State should take special measures to protect his life from his rivals. The threat perception, if any faced by such a person, is of his own making for which the State cannot come forward to provide him security,” the High Court had previously articulated.