Cruise drugs case: Special court to hear Aryan Khan's bail application on Oct 13

A special court here Monday directed the Narcotics Control Bureau NCB to file its reply on October 13 to a bail plea filed by Aryan Khan son of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan arrested in connection with the seizure of banned drugs on board a cruise ship off the Mumbai coastSpecial Judge V V Patil hearing matters related to the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances NDPS Act said it would hear the bail plea on Wednesday October 13Aryan Khan was arrested on October 3 He is currently in judicial custody and lodged at the Arthur Road prison in MumbaiHe approached the special court for bail after his plea for the same was rejected by a magistrates court last week on the ground that it did not have the jurisdiction to decide the matterOn Monday when Aryan Khans counsel Amit Desai mentioned the bail plea NCBs advocates A M Chimalkar and Advait Sethna sought a weeks time to respond and file their affidavitThey said the investigation in the case was still on and there was quite a lot of material collected by the agency and at this stage it needs to be seen if releasing Aryan Khan on bail would hamper the probe into the caseDesai however objected to it saying a persons liberty is at question here and argued that releasing the accused on bail would not stop the investigation in the caseThe bail will not stop the investigation The NCB can continue their probe That is their duty But keeping my client Aryan Khan in custody especially when there has been no recovery of drugs from him is not required Desai saidHe Aryan has not been found in possession of any narcotics and there is no other material against him Since his arrest he has been in the custody of the NCB for a week and his statement was recorded twice Why does he still need to be in jail the senior counsel arguedChimalkar however said that the agency needs at least a few days time to file its replyWhat Desai is arguing appears to be rosy but this is not what the investigation reveals or divulges Aryan Khan is in judicial custody Whether his release on bail will affect or hamper our investigation needs to be seen Chimalkar saidSethna appearing for NCB told the court that there was no extreme urgency for the bail plea to be heard immediatelyDesai then sought the court to hear and decide Aryan Khans plea separately saying the recovery of drugs from each accused in the case was differentBut Chimalkar and Sethna opposed it and said the conspiracy is the sameApart from Aryan Khan four other accused in the case Arbaaz Merchant Munmun Dhamecha Nupur Sateja and Mohak Jaiswal have also filed bail pleas in the special courtThe court said it would start hearing Aryan Khans bail plea on WednesdayAryan Khan has been charged with offences under Sections 8c 20b 27 28 29 and 35 of the NDPS Act pertaining to possession consumption and purchase of drugsThe NCB has so far arrested 20 people in the caseThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever