Actors Shreyas Talpade (left) and Alok Nath. Photograph: Particular Association, M. Periyasamy
The Supreme Courtroom on Monday (December 15, 2025) protected actors Shreyas Talpade and Alok Nath from arrest until investigation concludes in a case of dishonest and breach of belief in opposition to a society.
Through the listening to earlier than a Bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and R. Mahadevan, Mr. Talpade’s counsel mentioned the actor was known as as a visitor movie star within the annual occasion of the corporate. “I’m not presupposed to know. I by no means earned any cash,” the lawyer mentioned.
Mr. Nath’s lawyer submitted that the actor has not attended any operate and his photograph has been used for 10 years.
“If a high actor or a cricketer is giving his commercial or showing as a model ambassador for company firm which fits into liquidation or there are prison circumstances in opposition to the corporate will it additionally go in opposition to the cricketer or actor? “We get rid of this writ petition (filed by Talpade) by persevering with the interim order of safety from arrest granted by us till the investigation into the offenses in opposition to the petitioner is full,” the Bench mentioned.
The Supreme Courtroom was listening to pleas filed by Mr. Talpade and Mr. Nath for clubbing of FIRs registered in numerous States in reference to the case.
13 folks, together with Mr. Talpade and Mr. Nath, had been booked on the grievance of 37-year-old Sonipat resident Vipul Antil.
Mr. Antil alleged that each the actors “promoted the Human Welfare Credit score Cooperative Society Ltd, as model ambassadors”.
Concerning the two actors, the police mentioned, “It has been alleged that they had been its model ambassadors and victims get lured to take a position due to such personalities. They had been named within the grievance. An FIR has been registered. Now, will probably be investigated what was their function.” The FIR was registered on January 22 below Sections 316 (2), 318 (2) and 318 (4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, for numerous offences, together with prison breach of belief and dishonest.
The police alleged that the society dedicated a “severe crime of dishonest the general public by way of monetary schemes”.
Revealed – December 15, 2025 02:58 pm IST