Mumbai Drug Bust LIVE Updates: Aryan Khan to Plead Bombay HC Today After Spcl Court Rejects Bail Over 'Regular Illicit Drug Activities'

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Filmmakers Rahul Dholakia and Hansal Mehta, who are closely following Aryan Khan‘s arrest in connection with a drugs case, on Wednesday said the decision to reject his bail is “heartbreaking" and “outrageous". Aryan, 23, was arrested on October 3 with seven others when the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) busted a drugs party on board a cruise ship. He is currently in Arthur Road prison.

Aryan Khan's Bail Plea To Be Heard Today By Bombay HC Around 10:30 am | In jail for the 18th days since, Aryan Khan‘s bail plea will now be heard by Bombay high court, a day after a Mumbai special court denied Shah Rukh Khan‘s son bail in the drugs case filed by the Narcotics Control Bureau. The case is said to be heard around 10:30 am. It is likely to be mentioned today before Justice NW Sambre seeking urgent hearing, legal sources were quoted by PTI.

Mumbai Drug Bust Recap | The NCB team had at mid-sea busted the alleged drugs party on October 2 aboard a Cordelia Cruise ship that was on its way to Goa. A total of 20 people, including two Nigerian nationals, Delhi-based event management professionals, and Mumbai-based drug peddlers, have so far been arrested in the case related to the seizure of drugs from the ship.

Aryan Khan is in Touch With Drug Peddlers, Observes Court | Among other observations, the court noted that Aryan Khan is in touch with other drug dealers. “In the case at hand, material placed on record reveals that there is incriminating material in the form of WhatsApp chats, etc which shows the nexus of the applicant / accused no. 1 with suppliers and peddlers,” the judge said in his 21-page order

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'Satyamev Jayate' NCB’s zonal chief Sameer Wankhede Says as Court Denies Bail to Accused in Drug Bust | Buoyed by the court’s order in their favour, NCB’s zonal chief Sameer Wankhede, who is not only spearheading the case but has also been the target of various allegations pertaining to the probe, reacted to the news with: “Satyamev Jayate. Let my detractors say anything. I will just work.”

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Aryan has been lodged in Mumbai's Arthur Road jail since October 8, his 14-day judicial custody will end on Thursday.

Reference to 'Bulk Quantity and Hard Drugs'Found in Whatsapp Chats | In Aryan’s WhatsApp chats, there is a reference to “bulk quantity and hard drugs" and “there is prima facie material showing that accused No 1 was in contact with persons dealing in prohibited narcotic substances," the order said. Prima facie it appears that there is a case of conspiracy and abetment as alleged by the prosecution, it said.

Accused Possessed Drugs for Consumption and Enjoyment, Rules Court | The material placed before it by the NCB showed on the face of it that section 29 of the NDPS Act, pertaining to conspiracy, was applicable, said the court. Therefore, it is not possible to record a satisfaction at this stage that the applicants have not committed any offence under the NDPS Act, the order said. Case papers and voluntary statements of Aryan Khan and Arbaaz Merchant disclosed that they possessed drugs for consumption and enjoyment, the court noted further.

‘Conscious Possession’ as Aryan Khan Knew Friend Had Drugs | The court said that though nothing was found in his possession, six grams of charas was found with Arbaaz Merchant, Aryan’s friend, and circumstances go to show that he knew about it.These things go to show that accused No 1 (Aryan) was having knowledge of the contraband concealed by accused No 2 (Merchant) in his shoes, it said. Although no contraband is found in the possession of accused No 1, six grams of charas was found in possession of accused No 2 of which accused No 1 (Aryan) was having knowledge and thus it can be said that it was in conscious possession of both the accused, the court added.

Matter is Likely to be Heard Today Before Justice N W Sambre Seeking an Urgent Hearing |  The lawyers of Aryan Khan and Dhamecha moved the High Court seeking bail soon thereafter. The matter is likely to be mentioned on Thursday before Justice N W Sambre seeking an urgent hearing, legal sources said. The special NDPS Act court in its 21-page order noted that WhatsApp chats of Aryan Khan prima facie revealed that he was “dealing in illicit drug activities on a regular basis" and therefore it cannot be said that he was not likely to commit a similar offence if released on bail.

We Will Move the Bombay HC Once We Get the Order | “We have to read the order first…I don’t have the order yet. We will move the Bombay HC once we get the order," Desai said right after the special court rejected their plea. Within an hour, Aryan’s lawyers moved the Bombay high court, but as the judicial board had been discharged by then, the matter is most likely to be posted on Thursday.

'Likely to Commit Such Offence When on Bail', Says Court | The special NDPS Act court in its 21-page order noted that WhatsApp chats of Aryan Khan prima facie revealed that he was “dealing in illicit drug activities on a regular basis" and therefore it cannot be said that he was not likely to commit a similar offence if released on bail.

Mumbai Drug Bust LIVE Updates: A special court in Mumbai on Wednesday denied bail to Aryan Khan, the son of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, observing that ‘on the face of it’, he was indulging in “illicit drug activities on a regular basis". His WhatsApp chats also showed, prima facie, that he was in touch with drug peddlers, the court noted.