Mika Singh, R Madhavan, Shanaya Kapoor & others celebrate as High Court grants bail to Aryan Khan

In a major relief, the Bombay High Court on October 28, 2021 granted bail to Aryan Khan, Arbaaz Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha, who were nabbed in the cruise ship rave party raided by the Narcotics Control Bureau. Celebrities including R Madhavan, Shanaya Kapoor and several others celebrated the decision of the Bombay High Court. While granting a conditional bail to the trio, Justice N.W. Sambre passed the operative order and the detailed order is expected on Friday. Accordingly, the trio of Khan, Merchant and Dhamecha will not step out of the jails till the court's orders are received, said a defence lawyer. The accused trio -- along with five others -- were detained on October 2 when the NCB swooped on the alleged rave party aboard the Cordelia Cruise ship. The following day (October 3) they were formally arrested and have been away from their homes for the past 27 days as their case grabbed national attention. Later, during the investigations, the NCB had nabbed another 12 more persons some of whom have secured bail from the Special NDPS Court. Earlier, Aryan Khan's bail plea was rejected by the special court on October 20 in the case following which his judicial custody in the matter got extended till October 30. Khan approached the Bombay High Court for an urgent bail hearing.

Filmmaker Sanjay Gupta said while he was "very happy" that Aryan Khan has been granted bail, he said he was also "upset" with the judiciary. "I'm very happy that Aryan Khan has gotten bail but also very upset with a system that kept a young man behind bars for more than 25 days for something he never did. That has to change," Gupta tweeted.

Actor R Madhavan, whose next film 'Rocketry: The Nambi Effect' features a cameo by Shah Rukh Khan, said as a parent he was pleased by the order. "Thank God. As a father I am so relieved .. … May all good and positive things happen," he wrote.

Actor Sonu Sood tweeted in Hindi soon after the court pronounced the order, "When time does justice, it needs no witness."