Aryan Khan Bail: Court Reserves Order For Oct 20 - LIVE UPDATES From Hearing

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14 Oct 2021 5:34 AM GMT

  • Aryan Khan Bail: Court Reserves Order For Oct 20 - LIVE UPDATES From Hearing

    A Special NDPS Court in Mumbai 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.Yesterday, the lawyers for the accused...

    A Special NDPS Court in Mumbai 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.

    Yesterday, the lawyers for the accused had completed their arguments(report about yesterday's hearing may be read here). Live Updates posted from yesterday's hearing available here.

    Additional Solicitor General Anil Singh will make reply arguments on behalf of the Narcotics Control Bureau(NCB) today.

     Stay on this page for live-updates of the hearing, expected to commence post 12 noon.

    Live Updates

    • 14 Oct 2021 8:28 AM GMT

      ASG - Showik's contention was that nothing was recovered from him. However the court said the matter is being investigated and you were in touch with a drug dealer.

      Here Aachit and Shivraj are drug dealers. Therefore in this case also no bail can be granted.


    • 14 Oct 2021 8:27 AM GMT

      ASG Anil Singh reads Rhea Chakraborty's brother - Showik's- bail order. Says that in that case there was no recovery from Showik but in the present case, there is.




    • 14 Oct 2021 8:23 AM GMT

      ASG on WhatsApp chats.

      "We are a responsible agency. No one can direct how I should investigate the case."


    • 14 Oct 2021 8:23 AM GMT

      ASG on Arbaaz Merchant's arguments that the WhatsApp chats cannot be relied on as there is no seizure panchnama of their phones.

      "Where is the ground in the bail application that there is no seizure? There is a voluntary surrender and statement of accused. Can it not be relied?"


    • 14 Oct 2021 8:20 AM GMT

      ASG on the argument that the maximum punishment for Aryan Khan is one year.

      Says that if a connection is established between one accused and another, charged with a graver offence, the same punishment will apply for both.

    • 14 Oct 2021 8:17 AM GMT

      ASG - If the entire scheme of the act is seen, there are provisions under the Act which have nothing to do with quantity but stringent punishment is prescribed.

    • 14 Oct 2021 8:14 AM GMT

      ASG - In one case if there are 15 or 20 persons involved, and if it is a case of conspiracy, the bar u/s 37 for grant of bail in NDPS cases will also kick in.

    • 14 Oct 2021 8:13 AM GMT

      ASG states that "Innocent until proven guilty" doesn't apply in the cases of NDPS offences.

      ASG - In the NDPS Act, the presumption is of culpable a mental state, and it is for the accused to prove that he was not in possession during trial.

    • 14 Oct 2021 8:12 AM GMT

      ASG refers to Section 35 of NDPS on presumption of a culpable mental state.

      "Once we have found drugs from Aryan or Arbaaz, then it has to be presumed that the drugs were found from them and agency is correct."

    • 14 Oct 2021 8:09 AM GMT

      ASG refers to the word 'use' in the NDPS Act.

      Says that personal consumption is excluded from the definition of 'use

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