HC bail order puts NCB in dock; states there is nothing to prove that Aryan Khan committed unlawful act
Aryan Khan at the NCB office in Ballard Estate earlier this week. Pic/Suresh Karkera
The Bombay High Court issued a detailed copy of the bail order granted to Aryan Khan in the cruise drug case on Saturday. In the order, the HC said that no substance was found on Aryan, and that there was no evidence of any conspiracy against him or his co-accused Arbaaz Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha to commit drug-related offences.
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The court also said that nothing objectionable was found in the conversation between the accused on WhatsApp. “There is hardly any positive evidence on record to convince this court that all the accused persons with common intention agreed to commit the unlawful act,” the order read.
The NCB had argued in the court that the accused had confessed that they had consumed drugs. Clarifying this point, the HC wrote in the order that statements containing such confessions are meant to help the investigating agency. “But, you cannot [use this to] show that the applicants have committed an offence under the NDPS Act.”
The court also said that the NCB had not done a medical checkup of the three accused, which would have proven whether they had actually taken drugs at the same time. Aryan was arrested by the NCB on October 2. He was allegedly accused of attending a drug party on a cruise travelling from Mumbai to Goa. The NCB had arrested 20 more people, including Merchant and Dhamecha, along with Aryan. Aryan got bail from the High Court on October 28 after spending three weeks in Arthur Road Jail.
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