From Taapsee Paanu, Vikram Bhatt to Swara Bhaskar, B’wood celebrities react to Rhea Chakraborty’s bail

Several Bollywood celebrities including Vikram Bhatt, Raza Murad, Kunicka Lall, Farhan Akhtar, Taapsee Pannu and many others hailed the Bombay High Court's decision to grant bail to actress Rhea Chakraborty, who was arrested over drugs-related charges in her boyfriend, actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death case. Rhea Chakraborty and her brother, Showik Chakraborty, were arrested last month by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in connection with its drugs probe in Rajput's death. A bench of Justice Sarang Kotwal also granted bail to Rajput's aides Dipesh Sawant and Samuel Miranda, but rejected the bail plea of Showik Chakraborty, who is also an accused in the case. The development came days after the AIIMS medical board ruled out murder in the death of Rajput and termed it "a case of hanging and death by suicide", which is currently being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Taapsee Pannu took to Twitter and prayed for the 28-year-old actor's well-being after her month-long jail term. "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," she wrote. Akhtar criticised the vicious and insensitive TV media coverage around Rhea Chakraborty. "Any shrill anchors apologising for the hell they put #RheaChakraborty and her family through? Didn't think so. But watch them shift the goalpost now. They're notorious for that," the "Bhaag Milkha Bhaag" star tweeted. The HC, while granting bail to Rhea Chakraborty and two others, directed them to deposit their passports with the NCB and not to leave the country without permission of the special NDPS court. The HC also directed Rhea Chakraborty to visit the nearest police station for the first 10 days after she gets out of jail. It directed her not to leave Mumbai without the NCB's permission and to not tamper with evidence while out on bail.

Actress Rhea Chakraborty snapped leaving from the jail after she was granted bail.

Taapsee wrote in her tweet, "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 Atleast it’s not over as yet."

Actress Swara Bhaskar tweeted, "Thank YOU YES! #BombayHighCourt #rheagetsbail About time! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽"

Veteran Bollywood actor Raza Murad also shared his views on Rhea bail in the drug-related matter connected with Sushant Singh Rajput’s death case. He said, "It is the birthright of every under trial citizen of our country to apply for bail, and its the prerogative of the honourable judge to either grant or reject it. The honourable judge must have granted the bail on some valid grounds. None of us should have any objection to the court's decision. Granting a bail does not mean that the accused has been acquitted or given a clean chit. The final judgement is yet to come so let's wait and watch for the outcome."

During an exclusive conversation with ETimes, filmmaker Vikram Bhatt expressed his view on the HC's decision and said, "I am happy that she has got bail but she has a long fight in front of her to prove her innocence because getting bail is not a judgement, it is an interim relief and I hope she is able to prove her innocence."

"Everyone owes her an apology," Huma Qureshi reacted to Rhea Chakraborty's bail.