Aryan Khan Drugs Case Updates: SRK's son gets bail after three weeks, to stay in jail tonight

Shah Rukh Khan's daughter Suhana Khan shared her first post after her brother Aryan Khan's bail verdict on Thursday (October 28). Aryan was granted bail by the Bombay High Court in the Mumbai cruise drugs seizure case.

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Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan's lawyer Mukul Rohatgi argued that there was 'no recovery, no consumption, no medical test and that his client is wrongly arrested' in the Mumbai drug seizure case.

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Superstar Shah Rukh Khan arrived at his residence Mannat post his son Aryan Khan was granted bail by the Bombay High Court in the evening. 

Shah Rukh Khan and Aryan Khan's fans and supporters gathered outside the superstar's bungalow to celebrate star kid's bail. Soon after the order came, fans started to arrive outside Shah Rukh's residence, Mannat, where nearly 20 cops were posted to keep the crowd in control. Not just this, the excited fans also flooded the social media platforms with congratulatory post for SRK and Gauri Khan. 

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Superstar Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan was on Thursday (October 28) granted bail by the Bombay High Court, over 20 days after his arrest in the case of seizure of banned drugs aboard a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast. A single bench of Justice N W Sambre also granted bail to his co-accused Arbaaz Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha. "All three pleas are allowed. I will pass detailed orders by tomorrow evening," Justice Sambre said.

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After Bombay High Court on Thursday (October 28) granted bail to Aryan Khan in the Mumbai cruise drugs seizure case, his lawyer Satish Maneshinde shared happy pictures with Shah Rukh Khan. Maneshinde along with legal team and the superstar celebrated the victory. Talking about the same, the legal team said "Aryan Shah Rukh Khan has ultimately been released on bail by the HC. No possession, No Evidence, No Consumption, No Conspiracy, Right from the First Moment when he was detained on 2nd Oct 2021 …. Nor is there anything as of now."

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We've been waiting for this moment for 34,560 minutes. My wife was counting minutes not days. These children have been traumatized: Aslam Merchant, father of Arbaaz Merchant who got bail in drugs-on-cruise case by Bombay HC.

Bombay HC has granted bail to Aryan Khan, Arbaz Merchant, Munmun Dhamecha after hearing the arguments for 3 days. The detailed order will be given tomorrow. Hopefully, all they will come out of the jail by tomorrow or Saturday: Former AG Mukul Rohatgi, who represented Aryan Khan.

Bombay High Court allows bail to #AryanKhan, Arbaaz Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha. Court will pronounce detailed order with reasons tomorrow.

Rohatgi cites the recent Supreme Court judgment in Sanjeev Chandra Agarwal to say admissibility of Sect 67 statements can be considered at bail stage.

Rohatgi says, "Come to Nawaz Malik judgment.  This was a case where there was a car and three people were there and one was carrying substance. So then there was a submission that the possession was not conscious."

Mukul Rohatgi argues, "Their case is if it is not a coincidence, but a conspiracy. There has to be meeting of minds. Say a telephone call between all 8. So apart from Arbaaz, none of these chaps has anything to do with me".

He adds, "Apart from the people mentioned in the chart, there were two other people one is Manav and Gaba(who invited me). They were not arrested. There is no material to allege a conspiracy. I can understand if even all ten were friends. It is true that it is difficult to prove conspiracy but facts will always speak.

Mukul Rohatgi - If it is their argument that admissibility of Section 67 statement cannot be seen at this stage, then that would be a violation of Article 21.

Mukul Rohtagi says Aryan Khan knew nobody on the ship except for Arbaaz  and Achit. "Achit was arrested after 4 days. He was said to be dealer & had 2.4 gms (of drug). A dealer should have 200 gms," he tells Bombay HC.

Sr. Adv. Rohatgi: If there are people in a hotel in different rooms and they smoke, are all people in hotel in conspiracy? There is no material for calling it a conspiracy in this case.

Aryan Khan's lawyer Mukul Rohatgi starts final submissions before the Bombay High Court after the submission of ASG Anil Singh. He says, "I (Aryan) was not aware what he (Arbaaz) was carrying, take it that I knew.. but the most that they can allege against us is commercial quantity collectively."

"Conspiracy is difficult to prove, the conspirators know how they conspired. I leave it to the conscious of the court," ASG Anil Singh says concluding his submissions

ASG Anil Singh tells Bombay HC, "Assuming that there was any irregularities at the time arrests, that has been rectified after remand order. It is my submission."

ASG Anil Singh says the arrest memo mentions about commercial quantity (of drugs) & it also mentions that he (Aryan Khan) had a connection with commercial quantity. They have still not challenged the remand orders. 

ASG Anil Singh tells Bombay HC, "Aryan Khan was aware that Arbaaz was in possession. Charas was for smoking and it was for the consumption of both though it was with Arbaaz physically."

Anil Singh is referring to the Supreme Court's decision regarding the NDPS Act, how the Supreme Court has made a strong remark about drug dealing to be a heinous crime.

 ASG Anil Singh says, "If we relied upon WhatsApp chat, he (Aryan Khan) had made an attempt to deal in commercial quantity (of drugs)."

He further says, "Ecstasy was of commercial quantity. It can't be said that drug was for personal consumption."

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Anil Singh argues "Defence has spoken about testing. Why testing? Our case is not of consumption but of possession. Accused 1 was in conscious possession of drugs"

ASG: Their contention was that I was not found with possession. It may not have been found on your body but then see the panchnama. It was found from Arbaaz.

ASG Anil Singh: Arbaaz, accused number 2, is Aryan's childhood friend. Both left Aryan's house before the cruise party and reached the cruise terminal. Both were living in the same room. We have imposed section 28 on conscious contraband possession. So this section has been imposed on Aryan.

ASG Anil Singh argues that Aryan Khan has been taking drugs for the past many years. There is evidence that he is taking it in bulk. Apart from this, Aryan is in contact with many peddlers. A total of 12 people were about to go on a cruise out of which 11 were caught by NCB. Achit Kumar caught in this case is a drug peddler who has been arrested later and is accused number 17.

He adds that Aryan has been a part of the whole conspiracy in this case.  Anil Singh cites Rhea and Showik Chakraborty's case that both were not granted bail in this section. So Aryan should not get it either. Section 28 has been imposed in this case because Aryan was a part of this whole conspiracy and deal was being attempted in a commercial quantity.

Former AG Mukul Rohatgi, who is representing Aryan Khan in drugs-on cruise ship case, arrives at Mumbai High Court.

Justice Sambre has risen for lunch break. He has completed Item 36. Aryan Khan case is listed as Item 39.

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BJP worker who tipped NCB about drug party on cruise in which Aryan Khan was arrested has been summoned by Mumbai Police. Manish Bhanusali, BJP worker who informed NCB about party and was witness during raid has been called today for questioning. First summon issued by Mumbai Police on complaint of Prabhakar Sail. 4 member team of Mumbai police is investigating allegations of bribery against Sameer Wankhede

"I don't have to say anything," says Sameer Wankhede, NCB Zonal Director, after being questioned by NCB yesterday over allegations made against him by Prabhakar Sail, who is a witness in the drugs-on-cruise matter of Mumbai

Athawale on Wednesday said people caught consuming drugs should be sent to rehabilitation centres instead of jail and there must be a change in this law. Athawale addressed a press conference at Lucknow and detailed on the several welfare schemes of the Union Government. He said, "People who drink alcohol are not sent to prison. But there is a provision in the law that people who consume drugs can be sent to jail. Our ministry feels that the accused charged with drug consumption will be not sent to jail but to a rehabilitation centre." "The law needs to be changed," he added.

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Kiran Gosavi (NCB witness in the drugs-on-cruise matter) has been detained: Amitabh Gupta, Pune Police Commissioner

NCB team from Delhi will question two officers of NCB Mumbai today. The team will also question Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede. Prabhakar Sail, a witness in drugs-on-cruise-case, has levelled corruption allegations against the agency in connection with the case.

A team led by ACP Milind Khetale to investigate the allegations levelled against NCB Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede. Four Police stations in Mumbai have received complaints against Wankhede: Mumbai Police

Sameer Wankhede to remain investigating officer in drugs-on-cruise case until substantial proof found against him: NCB Deputy Director General

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Chinmay Deshmukh, a complainant in the 2018 case registered against the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) witness Kiran Gosavi, on Wednesday claimed that he is in contact with four more people like him who were cheated by Gosavi on the pretext of giving them a job overseas. Deshmukh claimed that Gosavi had taken money from all of them but despite that, they were not offered a job abroad.

Senior counsel Amit Desai, who is representing Arbaz Seth Merchant in the drugs-on-cruise case, told the Bombay High Court that his client's arrest was "illegal". He said there was "no conspiracy thing" at the time of arrests. Refuting the allegation of consumption of drugs, Desai said that there was no mention of the allegation of "use" (of drugs) in the arrest memo.

Former attorney general of India Mukul Rohatgi, who appeared for Aryan Khan in his bail application in Bombay High Court, requested the court on Wednesday to go through the arrest memo again as there were no charges of conspiracy at the time of the arrest.

Kashif Khan who represented accused 3 Munmun Dhamecha, said his client was invited by one person on the cruise for his "professional obligations". Lawyers of accused Aryan Khan, Munmun Dhamecha and Arbaz Merchant concluded arguments on their bail applications before Bombay HC on Wednesday.

Lawyers of accused Aryan Khan, Munmun Dhamecha and Arbaz Merchant concluded arguments on their bail applications before Bombay HC on Wednesday. Additional Solicitor General Anil Singh for NCB will respond to the arguments tomorrow. The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) had earlier invoked charges relating to possession and consumption of drugs and later also added the charges of conspiracy in the case.

Aryan Khan is lodged at the Arthur Road Jail along with Arbaaz Merchant. Munmun Dhamecha is at Byculla women prison.

An NCB team busted an alleged drugs party on the Cordelia Cruise ship which was on its way to Goa at mid-sea on October 2. A total of 20 people, including two Nigerian nationals, have been arrested so far in the case.