Desai- So the question the officer should have asked himself is that if they have come there individually, what should they have been charged with?
Desai- Even those who apprehended them, treated them as coming there individually. Punishment for which is one year.
Desai- They were charged only with possession of small quantities and consumption.
Desai- What Your Lordship will notice is that, on that afternoon of 3rd, all the three (Aryan Khan, Arbaaz and Munmun) have been arrested for identical offences. Section 28 and 29 were not added at that stage.
Senior Adv Amit Desai continues arguments for Arbaaz Merchant. "I was on the arrest memo..", he starts.
Court takes up Aryan Khan Case.
Senior Advocate Amit Desai for Abaaz Merchant has also arrived in court. Item number 32 is going on.
The court is hearing serial no. 32 now. Senior Advocate Mukul Rohtagi, Aryan Khan's lawyer, arrives in court.
Advocate Satish Maneshinde, lawyer for Aryan Khan, arrives in court. Item 31 is going on.
SPP Advait Sethna for NCB is present in court along with a few of his juniors.