Supreme Court protected journalists Karan Thapar and Siddharth Varadarajan from arrest in a fresh case booked by Assam Police under Section 152 of BNS. Section 152 of the BNS criminalises acts that endanger sovereignty, unity of India. Last week, SC granted interim protection from arrest to Varadarajan in a case lodged by Assam Police over an article on Operation Sindoor.