Aryan Khan, son of the film star Actor Shahrukh Khan was remanded for 14-day judicial custody by the magistrate court earlier on October 7, 2021 later his bail plea was denied in the Mumbai drug bust case. Khan and two others—Arbaaz Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha—have sought bail from the court of VV Patil, special judge for cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. A Special Court under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act on Thursday reserved its order on a bail application filed by Bollywood superstar eldest son Aryan Khan in the mid-sea drug bust case for October 20, 2021 after the prosecution opposed the plea alleging that the prime accused was a regular consumer of drugs for the past few years and that he was part of the conspiracy.
Opposing Aryan’s bail application, Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Anil Singh told the special court as per the newspaper report that the prime accused had admitted that the seized drug was meant for his and friend’s consumption and that the latter could not escape liability on the ground that no recovery was made from him. Appearing for the NCB, Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Anil Singh claimed that there was evidence to show that Aryan Khan was a regular consumer of drugs for the last few years. Since his arrest, the NCB has maintained that though nothing was recovered from him personally, Aryan’s WhatsApp chats revealed his links with drug peddlers.
Earlier, Aryan, Arbaaz Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha, who were among those arrested by the NCB on October 3, had been denied bail by a magistrate’s court which said it cannot hear the pleas in a case triable by a special NDPS court.
Based on a tip-off that a rave party was scheduled on the ship off the Mumbai coast, an NCB team, led by its zonal director Sameer Wankhede, raided the Goa-bound Cordelia cruise on October 2 evening in allegedly seized drugs.
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