Aryan Khan, 2 Other Granted Bail : Live Updates From Bombay High Court

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28 Oct 2021 3:00 PM IST

  • Aryan Khan, 2 Other Granted Bail : Live Updates From Bombay High Court

    Bombay High Court will continue hearing bail applications of Aryan Khan, Arbaaz Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha today.When the court adjourned the hearing yesterday, the single-judge bench of Justice Nitin W Sambre had indicated that the matter will be taken up post 2.30 pm.Today the Court will hear NCB's arguments Yesterday, Senior Advocate Amit Desai completed his arguments for Arbaaz...

    Bombay High Court will continue hearing bail applications of Aryan Khan, Arbaaz Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha today.

    When the court adjourned the hearing yesterday, the single-judge bench of Justice Nitin W Sambre had indicated that the matter will be taken up post 2.30 pm.

    Today the Court will hear NCB's arguments 

    Yesterday, Senior Advocate Amit Desai completed his arguments for Arbaaz Merchant. 

    Advocate Ali Kashif Khan will continue his arguments for Munmun Dhamecha today. The NCB is also expected to respond to the applicants' arguments during today's proceedings. Yesterday, ASG Anil Singh informed the court that he will try to finish his arguments within one hour.

    The trio, accused in the drugs-on-cruise case, was arrested by the NCB on October 3. They had moved the High Court following the rejection of bail by the Special NDPS Court on October 19.

    Stay on this page for live updates from the court hearing.

    Live Updates

    • 28 Oct 2021 4:20 PM IST

      Rohatgi now makes rejoinder submissions for Aryan Khan.

      "There was no recovery from me. Though I say I was not aware of what he was carrying. But what is being put on me is commercial quality through conspiracy"

    • 28 Oct 2021 4:19 PM IST

      ASG shows the Court the confidential file containing the WhatsApp chats.

    • 28 Oct 2021 4:18 PM IST

      ASG shows the Court the confidential file containing the WhatsApp chats.

    • 28 Oct 2021 4:17 PM IST

      ASG on Munmun.

      ASG- Munmun threw the drug when she got to know the ship will be raided. We have CDR records to show she was in touch with Ishmeet.

      The statements of Baldev and Munmun (voluntary statements) state she had the drug.

    • 28 Oct 2021 4:15 PM IST

      ASG cites Prabhakar Sail's affidavit.

      ASG: There is a chance of tampering. I have said in para four of my reply.

    • 28 Oct 2021 4:15 PM IST

      ASG - Conspiracy is difficult to prove. Only conspirators know how they have conspired.

    • 28 Oct 2021 4:15 PM IST

      ASG - My submission is threefold.

      -He (Aryan Khan) was found in conscious possession.

      -He was connected with drug peddlers.

      - Arrest is valid. It is only a lapse of 4 hours for remand.

    • 28 Oct 2021 4:13 PM IST

      ASG cites the Supreme Court's order in Pragya Singh Thakur's case.

      ASG - They are all on the same point. That if by a valid judicial order a remand has been given...then not informing grounds of arrest cannot be claimed.

    • 28 Oct 2021 4:09 PM IST

      ASG - They must satisfy the court that the Magistrate has not taken all the factors into consideration while passing the remand order. But here the remand is only not challenged.

    • 28 Oct 2021 4:07 PM IST

      ASG responding to Mukul Rohatgi's argument of illegal arrest :

      "Three remand orders of the magistrate have not been challenged. So now the accused cannot say the arrest is illegal".

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