The three main accused in the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub fire surrendered before a Goa court on Monday, two weeks after the Supreme Court rejected their pleas challenging the cancellation of their bail, PTI reported.

Nightclub owners Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra, along with their business partner Ajay Gupta, turned themselves in before the Mapusa Additional District and Sessions Court after the apex court directed them to surrender.

The fire at the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub in Arpora, North Goa, on December 6, 2025, claimed 25 lives and left several others injured.

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Advocate Saumya Drago, who represents the accused, confirmed that the court accepted their surrender and issued the necessary remand orders.

The Supreme Court on August 31 dismissed the trio’s petitions challenging the Bombay High Court’s order cancelling their bail and directed them to surrender within two weeks. The apex court also instructed the trial court to expedite the proceedings.

The court permitted their requests regarding medicines and a mattress but kept the plea for special footwear pending, seeking a response from the investigating officer. The matter is expected to be taken up on the next working day, Drago said, according to PTI.

The Bombay High Court had cancelled the bail granted to the three accused on August 18, citing the seriousness of the case and the need for further legal proceedings. The trio subsequently approached the Supreme Court, which declined to interfere with the High Court order.

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According to the chargesheet filed in the case, the accused have been booked under provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita relating to culpable homicide not amounting to murder, acts endangering human life, negligent conduct with respect to fire and combustible matter, forgery, use of forged documents as genuine and criminal conspiracy.

The chargesheet alleged that the accused’s “irresponsible acts” resulted in the deaths of 25 people in the mass-casualty incident, causing “irreparable loss” to their families.