Aryan Khan Remand/Bail Hearing In Cruise Ship Drug Case- Live Updates From Mumbai Court

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ASG argued that NCB has seized 13 grams of cocaine, 5 grams of MD (mephedrone), 21 grams of charas (small quantity), 22 pills of MDMA (ecstasy) (intermediate quantity) and Rs 1,33,000 at International Cruise Terminal, Mumbai.

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Court - Accused were produced at 3.30 PM by the Superintendent and sought custody till October 11.

Heard the ASG at length and advocates for the accused.

Maneshinde (of VIP)- I didn't claim that.

Maneshinde- At the point of my detention, there were no WhatsApp chats. No recovery from me.

Sethna- Even if the first person is a VIP...there were recoveries from the other accused. 

Sethna- What's important is that, in the interest of justice, we may be given custody. Their case is that he didn't have a ticket...

Maneshinde- I didn't board the ship. The ASG tried to foreclose my argument, therefore I made those judgements.

Court - Why are you not levelling Section 22 then?

Sethna- That is for psychotropic substances.

Sethna- The picture should not be projected... We need to confront and need custody of all the 8 accused.

Doodth ka doodth and pani ka pani. Let all of them be confronted so that the truth comes out. 

NCB Counsel Advait Sethna - As far as the first three are considered, the first recoveries have happened at the terminal.

Other recoveries happened later.

Maneshinde- No no no

Maneshinde- There is nothing to establish my connection with people on the ship.

ASG - Why was he on the ship?

Sayed- 1300 people were on the ship. It is not even their case that No.1 ( Aryan Khan) was distributing. He can buy the ship but...