Mumbai Drug Bust UPDATES: No bail for SRK's son Aryan Khan, lawyers to move high court

Arbaaz Merchantt, Munmun Dhamecha and others also moved High Court for bail. 

After Aryan Khan's bail application was rejected by Mumbai Special Court, his lawyer moved Bombay High Court for the same. Lawyers Satish Maneshinde and Amit Desai could not file the bail plea today. 

Aryan Khan in his bail plea had said the NCB's contention that he was involved in conspiracy and illicit drug trafficking was absurd. He also pointed out that there was no recovery of drugs made from him.

Accused Munmun Dhamecha's lawyer Ali Kasif reaches High Court to file for bail.

Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan's bail application has been rejected by the Sessions Court in Mumbai. He will remain in Arthur Road Jail. On court's decision, NCB Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede told India TV, "Truth has won...Satyamev Jayate."

On October 7, the Mumbai magistrate's court sent SRK's son Aryan Khan, besides seven others accused to 14 days of judicial custody. Aryan's lawyer Satish Maneshinde had then filed a bail plea. Mumbai's Special NDPS court on Wednesday rejected the bail plea of Aryan Khan, Arbaaz Khan and Munmun Dhamecha in the drugs case.

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Aryan Khan's lawyer said that though the detailed order of Special Judge V.V. Patil is awaited, "they plan to appeal to the Bombay High Court today or tomorrow seeking bail".

Drugs on cruise ship case | Mumbai’s Special NDPS Court rejects bail applications of Aryan Khan, Arbaaz Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha

The judge is yet to preside, but Amit Desai and Maneshinde are already in the Courtroom. For NCB there is SPP AM Chimalker, and Advocate Shreeram Shirsat present in court.

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Shah Rukh Khan's manager Pooja Dadlani arriving at the sessions court in Mumbai today.

Pooja Dadlani

Taking to Twitter, BJP MLA Ram Kadam on Wednesday tweeted and said that in today's India, rich and poor, leaders and actors are alike and everyone is same before the law. Therefore Aryan should turned the crisis into an opportunity by waging a fierce battle against drugs and working to keep young people away from drugs. Read the same here:

Mumbai NCB says it has submitted WhatsApp chats of Aryan Khan in the court. Police has found a drug related WhatsApp chats that are allegedly between Aryan Khan and a debut Actress: NCB

Aryan Khan bail order to be announced at 2.45 PM

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Aryan Khan order is item 22, the court is now on item 14. For now, the court is hearing the routine matters and later the matters for order will be called out.

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Aryan Khan's lawyer Satish Maneshinde's juniors are here. Senior Advocate Amit Desai arrives and special Judge VV Patil has presided.

Aryan Khan's lawyer reaches court

Aryan Khan's lawyer reaches court

-Dinesh Mourya

# Drugs were not recovered from Aryan Khan, but drugs were recovered from his friend Arbaaz Merchant. Since Arbaaz told during the investigation that the drugs recovered were for consumption (consumption) for him and Aryan, so this recovery should be linked to Aryan only.

# Some WhatsApp chats have come to the fore in the NCB investigation, which suspects Aryan to be involved in the drugs racket.

#AryanKhan is part of a bigger conspiracy, NCB investigation is still in the primary stage.

# Aryan after the bail can influence the witnesses related to this case and tamper with the evidence. He should not be given bail for this.

-Jaypee Singh

# No drugs of any kind have been recovered from Aryan.
#NCB's allegation of Aryan being a part of drugs racket is false and baseless.
# Serious sections 28 and 29 of NDPC against Aryan were added later.
# Aryan Khan can be granted bail and the investigation won't get affected.

-Jaypee Singh

Today, if Aryan gets bail from the Sessions Court, then by this evening, he will be able to go home after completing all the procedures as per the rules of the jail.

Today is Aryan Khan's 13th day inside the jail has been completed. If he does not get bail from the sessions court, then tomorrow i.e. on October 21, Aryan's regular hearing will be held in the fort court, where again the court will send Aryan to jail or NCB custody if the agency seeks more custody.

-Jaypee Singh

The court will begin at 11 am and Aryan Khan's case is on 19th number i.e. between 12 to 1 pm, the decision on his bail will come.

Pune City Police on Monday (October 18) arrested accused Kiran Gosavi's assistant Sherbano Qureshi in connection with a job fraud case.

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Drug Case: Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan was counselled daily in the NCB custody. The star kid promised to make NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede proud one day by helping the weaker sections of society.

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During the 5-day custody period, SRK's son Aryan Khan and other accused including Munmun Dhamecha, Arbaaz Merchantt were counselled by the NCB officials. The agency as per reports even took the help of ISKCON temple priests and clerics in Mumbai in explaining to them how drug usage has a severe effect on health and family.

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Lyricist and scriptwriter Javed Akhtar on Tuesday, while addressing media during an event in Mumbai, gave a piece of his mind on the recent cruise drug bust by NCB in which actor Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan has been taken into custody. Referencing the September 13 Mundra port drug bust by the NIA where 2988.21 Kgs of Narcotics substance was seized in Gujrat, the 76-year-old veteran said, "I've not seen any headline on recovery of cocaine worth 1 billion dollars at a port but the recovery of charas or ganja worth 1.30 lakh, where only 1200 people were present, has become big national news."

Adding to this, Akhtar further spoke about the October 2 raid on the Cordelia Cruise ship, the lyricist said, "This is the price the film industry has to pay for being high profile because when you are so, people want to pull you down."

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A total of 20 people, including two Nigerian nationals, have been arrested so far in the case related to the seizure of drugs following a raid at a party on the Cordelia cruise ship off the Mumbai coast on October 2.