Supreme Court Grants Interim Protection to Journalist Abhisar Sharma

The Supreme Court has granted journalist Abhisar Sharma interim protection for four weeks in a case filed against him in Assam related to a video post. The court advised Sharma to approach the Gauhati High Court to dismiss the FIR, while questioning the validity of Section 152 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

The Supreme Court on Thursday provided four weeks of interim relief to journalist Abhisar Sharma, who faced charges in Assam over a controversial video post allegedly criticizing state policies.

A bench comprising Justices M M Sundresh and N Kotiswar Singh instructed Sharma to seek the Gauhati High Court's intervention to annul the FIR against him. This decision comes amid a larger legal debate over the validity of Section 152 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

The FIR in question, initiated by a private complaint, targets a video from Sharma's YouTube channel questioning the allocation of 3,000 bighas of tribal land to a private company.

(With inputs from agencies.)