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The Supreme Court connected Thursday (February 19, 2026) granted bail to filmmaker Vikram Bhatt successful a multi-crore rupees cheating lawsuit lodged successful Rajasthan.
A Bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M, Pancholi besides regularised the interim bail granted earlier to Mr. Bhatt's woman Shwetambari Bhatt successful the case.
Shwetambari Bhatt was granted interim bail connected February 13.
Earlier connected January 31, the Rajasthan High Court had rejected their bail applications successful the cheating case.
They were arrested successful Mumbai and brought to Udaipur successful December past year. While granting bail to both, the apical tribunal asked the parties to marque efforts for arriving astatine an amicable solution done mediation.
Complainant Ajay Murdia, laminitis of Indira IVF and Fertility Centre and a nonmigratory of Udaipur, has alleged successful his ailment that Mr. Bhatt and his woman induced him to put implicit ₹30 crore successful a biopic of his precocious wife, promising precocious returns.
Vikram Bhatt was arrested aft Mr. Murdia filed a ailment of cheating and transgression breach of spot against the filmmaker, his woman and others, alleging that funds taken successful the sanction of a movie task were misappropriated.
The ailment has alleged that funds to the tune of ₹30 crore were misappropriated. The ailment alleged that the Bhatts prepared fake bills nether assorted names and got wealth transferred from the complainant.
The wealth was expected to beryllium for making films for the complainant, but was allegedly deposited into the accused's ain accounts and utilized by them.
Apart from Mr. Vikram and his wife, Udaipur-based Dinesh Kataria and Mr. Bhatt's manager, Mehboob Ansari, were besides arrested by Rajasthan Police connected December 7, 2025.
