A Gautam Buddha University student in Noida was issued a preventive notice on September 4, asking him to provide a Rs 5 lakh personal bond to maintain peace after police alleged that he encouraged other students to join a protest organized by the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar. The notice, issued by the Office of the Executive Magistrate, Third, Greater Noida Commissionerate under Section 130 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, was later revoked by police.
A “peace‑bond notice” is not punitive; it is a preventive step that requires a person to give a financial undertaking to avoid activities that could disturb public order. The notice had also asked for sureties from two local solvent persons and scheduled a hearing for September 5. Police claimed the student, Akshat Tripathi, was spreading anti‑government information and could spark tensions on campus.
Tripathi denied the allegations, asserting that he had participated in the protest peacefully and was not attending university classes at the time, as the institution had been closed for nearly three months. He also said he was injured during a Delhi Police action on July 20 when protesters marched toward Parliament. A police report from Ecotech‑1 station detailed that Tripathi was encouraging students to join the CJP protest.
The Students’ Federation of India condemned the action as “repressive” and criticised the Uttar Pradesh government and police. CJP co‑convenor Saurav Das responded on X, citing a Supreme Court order that grants blanket immunity to protesters in CJP demonstrations and demanding that the Union government inform the district magistrate accordingly.
