Aryan Khan, Arbaaz Merchant & Munmun Dhamecha Bail Hearing Before Special NDPS Court-LIVE UPDATES

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13 Oct 2021 5:15 AM GMT

  • Aryan Khan, Arbaaz Merchant & Munmun Dhamecha Bail Hearing Before Special NDPS Court-LIVE UPDATES

    A Special NDPS Court will hear the bail applications of Aryan Khan, Arbaaz Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha in the cruise ship drugs case. They were arrested on October 3 and are currently lodged in Arthur Road Prison. On October 7, a Mumbai Magistrate had rejected further NCB custody of the accused and had remanded them to judicial custody.Stay on this page for live-updates of the hearing,...

    A Special NDPS Court will hear the bail applications of  Aryan Khan, Arbaaz Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha in the cruise ship drugs case.

    They were arrested on October 3 and are currently lodged in Arthur Road Prison. On October 7, a Mumbai Magistrate had rejected further NCB custody of the accused and had remanded them to judicial custody.

    Stay on this page for live-updates of the hearing, expected to commence post 11 AM.

    Senior Advocate Amit Desai and Satish Maneshinde appearing for Aryan Khan. Additional Solicitor General(ASG) Anil Singh for NCB.

    Live Updates

    • 13 Oct 2021 10:35 AM GMT

      Desai on the law. Says he wants to read the court's own observations in an order passed earlier this year in Sheldon D'Silva's case.


    • 13 Oct 2021 10:32 AM GMT

      Desai submits a chart regarding what was recovered from whom and who has named whom.

      He says the intermediate and commercial recoveries are from people Khan had nothing to do with.

      In law there should have been different CRs

    • 13 Oct 2021 10:28 AM GMT

      Desai - There is no signature (on the panchnama).

      Now they may say they have found this and that. But the custody is for the arrest. It does not apply.

    • 13 Oct 2021 10:27 AM GMT

      Desai on how conspiracy u/s 29 doesn't apply- Only Aryan and Arbaaz were together.

      But today the entire reply is on Section 29. So far are Aryan Khan is concerned they were conscious there is no conspiracy.

      If Arbaaz wanted to consume on his own, where is the conspiracy.

    • 13 Oct 2021 10:27 AM GMT

      Desai says that the only thing to charge him with even consumption is a so called confessional statement under section 67 NDPS.

      In law there is no attempt, they were picked up at the gangway. So 28 would not apply.

    • 13 Oct 2021 10:23 AM GMT

      Desai reads Aryan Khan's arrest memo.

      He was arrested on for 20b, 27 and 35 of the NDPS Act. Not 28 and 29(conspiracy) added later on.

      Says even 20b would not apply because there is no possession.


    • 13 Oct 2021 10:22 AM GMT

      Desai-Wherever they felt it appropriate,they have invoked 27A. But there is no material, no possession except that one sentence of Whatsapp chats.

      When your honour hears arguments on this international drug trafficking,please bear in mind he is not charged with 27A.




    • 13 Oct 2021 10:17 AM GMT

      Desai - The only section '27A' of the NDPS Act that deals with illicit traffic, is not applied to Aryan Khan. It is not invoked till now because they are aware Mr. Khan is not involved in any illicit trafficking. It is applied to others, not to him.


    • 13 Oct 2021 10:14 AM GMT

      Desai - The allegation of illicit trafficking is inherently absurd. This boy who has nothing, not even on the vessels. It is a false allegations.


    • 13 Oct 2021 10:12 AM GMT

      Desai on the NCBs allegations that Khan is part of an illicit drug chain.

      "This is a very serious term that they have dumped on Aryan Khan. I have no doubt that my friends know what is illicit trafficking according to.the NDPS Act means."


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