Cruise drugs case: HC exempts Aryan Khan from weekly appearance at NCB office

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday exempted Aryan Khan the son of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan from his weekly appearance before the Narcotics Control Bureaus NCB office here in connection with the cruise drugs caseA single bench of Justice N W Sambre said the condition imposed on Aryan Khan while granting him bail that he has to appear before the NCB office every Friday is modifiedThe applicant Aryan shall attend the office of NCB Delhi as and when directed by the agency provided the NCB issues a 72hour notice to the applicant Justice Sambre saidThe court also modified another condition laid down in the bail order that required him to furnish his itinerary to the NCB every time he travels out of MumbaiAlso Read Cruise ship raid case NCB mulls moving Supreme Court against Aryan Khans bailThe applicant need not submit his itinerary if he is travelling to Delhi for recording his statement He shall submit his itinerary to the NCB in case of any other travel outside Mumbai Justice Sambre saidAryan Khan was granted bail by the HC in the case on October 28 One of the conditions imposed on him was that he should appear before the NCBs south Mumbai office every Friday to mark his presenceThe 23yearold last week filed an application seeking waiver of this condition on the ground that the case is now being probed by a Special Investigation Team SIT of the NCBs Delhi officeThe NCBs Mumbai office has now nothing to do with the case My client Aryan has been cooperating with the probe and has in fact also appeared before the SIT probing the case and recorded his statement Aryan Khans counsel Amit Desai arguedHe said Aryan Khan has no hesitation to appear before the NCBs SIT at Delhi as and when summons are issued to himNCBs advocate Shreeram Shirsat told the court that the agency does not have any objection to the modificationHowever the applicant should appear before the NCBs SIT as and when summoned either in Mumbai or Delhi Shirsat told the courtDesai further argued that every time Aryan Khan appears before the NCBs office in Mumbai there is a huge crowd and he has to be accompanied by police personnel which causes unnecessary hassleAryan was arrested by the NCB on October 3 on charges of alleged possession consumption and salepurchase of drugs following a raid on a cruise ship off the Mumbai coastHe was granted later granted bail by the HC which had imposed 14 conditions on himHe was asked among other things to appear before the NCB every Friday not to leave Mumbai without informing the agency and not to leave India without permission from the special NDPS courtThis 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