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Tyagi and his wife were given security by the government in 2018 and 2019 respectively, however, the same was withdrawn in 2022.
The Allahabad High Court has recently dismissed the writ petition moved by Srikant Tyagi, an active politician, who came to the limelight last year after he was seen in a video misbehaving with a woman in his residential complex. Tyagi had sought immediate paid security guards for himself and his wife alleging that they had been receiving life threats for a history sheeter and his gang.
The bench of Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi and Justice Prashant Kumar said, "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 can not come forward to provide him security".
Court noted that Tyagi is part of of factions with long criminal record. "In our opinion, providing personal security would bolster the activities of such person to the detriment of the society at large," said the division bench.
Court highlighted that there are 11 criminal cases registered against Tyagi alone at present.
During the course of the hearing, while seeking direction for providing immediate security to Tyagi and his wife, their counsel submitted before the court that after two attacks on Tyagi in 2012 and 2015 by persons of rival political parties, the Central Government had allowed him security of four gunners on public expenses on 20.11.2018. Subsequently, Tyagi's wife was also given security of three gunners on public expenses on 31.01.2019.
However, the same was withdrawn on August 9, 2022, the counsel for the petitioners informed the court.
The counsel contended that a history-sheeter namely Vinay Tyagi and his gang members are continuously giving life threat to Tyagi, still the government is not giving him adequate security.
On the other hand, the plea was opposed by the government counsel who argued that several criminal cases have been registered against Tyagi himself, therefore, the present writ petition did not require any interference and was liable to be dismissed.
The high court noted that as per a government order dated 25th April 2001, no security should be provided to a person, who is indulging in criminal activities and against whom it is feared that providing security to them could be misused.
Accordingly, court found the instant writ petition devoid of merit and dismissed the same.
Case Title: Srikant Tyagi and another v. UOI and Others
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