Taapsee Pannu, Swara Bhasker, Huma Qureshi laud Bombay High Court's decision to grant Rhea Chakraborty bail

The Court granted bail of Rs 1 lakh to Rhea Chakraborty and for Rs 50,000 each to Dipesh Sawant and Samuel Miranda. However, Justice Kotwal rejected the bail pleas by Showik Chakraborty and Abdul Basit Parihar.


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File photos of Taapsee Pannu, Swara Bhasker, Rhea Chakraborty

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Updated: Oct 7, 2020, 05:33 PM IST

On Wednesday, soon after the Bombay High Court granted conditional bail to Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty, who was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau on September 8 in an alleged drugs case that was part of the ongoing investigation into actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death, several film fraternity members took to their social media handles to rejoice at her release. 

Actress Taapsee Pannu, who has unabashedly and unapologetically shared her opinion in the probe being carried out in late actor Sushant's death, the 'unfair' treatment meted out to Rhea and her 'vilification' by the media, took to Twitter and wrote, "Hope her time in jail has sufficed the egos of a lot of people out there who in the name of justice for Sushant fulfilled their personal/professional agendas. Praying she doesn’t become bitter towards the life she has ahead of her. Life is Unfair but At least it’s not over as yet (sic)."

Taking a dig at Sushant's 'warriors', in another tweet Taapsee wrote, "Some time back it was her, tomorrow it will be you but be rest assured the court will give you justice if not the ‘warriors’ #Finally (sic)."

"Finally!!! She gets bail. #RHEACHAKRABORTY (sic)," wrote filmmaker Anubhav Sinha, who too has been quite vocal about his views on the case and the way Rhea has been allegedly made a 'scapegoat'.

Senior actress, Mahesh Bhatt's wife and Alia Bhatt's mother Soni Razdan tweeted the folded hands emoji while hailing the Bombay High Court's decision. 

"#rheagetsbail About time!" tweeted actress Swara Bhasker and followed it up with clapping hands emojis.

"Everyone owes #RheaChakraborty an apology. And there must be an investigation into people who started these murder conspiracy theories. Shame on you for destroying a girl and her family’s life for your agendas @Tweet2Rhea," opined actress Huma Qureshi. 

Meanwhile, Justice S.V. Kotwal, who had completed the hearing on the bail applications on September 29 and reserved his ruling, pronounced the much-anticipated order this morning.

The Court granted bail of Rs 1 Lakh to Rhea, and for Rs 50,000 each to Dipesh Sawant and Samuel Miranda. However, Justice Kotwal rejected the bail pleas by Showik Chakraborty and Abdul Basit Parihar.

The five accused had sought bail from the high court after the Special NDPS Court here rejected their applications last month. They were among the 20 arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in connection with the drugs angle probe into the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput.

Arrested by the NCB late night on September 8 in the drug-related case, Rhea has spent 28 days in custody till date, though she was sent to extended judicial custody by a Special NDPS Court till October 20, on Tuesday.

Additional Solicitor-General Anil Singh, appearing on behalf of NCB pleaded for a stay on the operation of the order, but Justice Kotwal declined it.

Welcoming the court order this morning, Rhea Chakraborty's lawyer Satish Maneshinde said, "Truth and justice have prevailed and ultimately the submissions on facts and law have been accepted by Justice Kotwal."

"The arrest and custody of Rhea were totally unwarranted and beyond the reach of the law. The hounding and witch hunt by three Central agencies -- the CBI, ED and NCB -- of Rhea should come to an end. We remain committed to Truth. Satyameva Jayate," said Maneshinde.

Among the conditions listed for Rhea`s bail were depositing her passport with the NCB, reporting to the local police station daily for 10 days, not leaving Mumbai without informing the NCB, etc.