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39. Despite several requests of respondent No. 1 to give him police protection, the State Government did not come to his aid. It is the duty of the High Court - which exercises extra ordinary writ jurisdiction, to protect the fundamental rights of the citizens. The right to life and liberty is the most precious of all the fundamental rights because, if this right is not protected, all others will become meaningless. Can we shut our eyes to the situation on hand, and let the situation come to a stage, when an untoward incident actually occurs and, God forbid, harm is caused to the officer or to his family? In our view, if we do not act in such a case where the facts cry out for help, we would be failing in our constitutional duty. The learned Tribunal in our view rightly observed that we cannot give rise to another case of Satender Dubey. We must, therefore, come to the aid of an officer, who showed courage in the discharge of his duty, and must protect his life and liberty. If we fail in our duty to protect a man, who has had the nerve to stand up against a mafia and the State machinery, we would be doing great disservice to the system and setting a bad precedent, where no officer would gather the courage to stand up against the wrongdoers.