Denied bail in drugs case, Aryan Khan moves HC

Mumbai, October 20

A special court here today 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.

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Aryan (23), arrested with a few others on October 3 after the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) raided a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast and claimed to have seized drugs, including charas, has now moved the Bombay High Court. VV Patil, Special Judge for the NDPS Act cases, rejected the bail pleas of Aryan Khan, his friend Arbaaz Merchant (26) and fashion model Munmun Dhamecha (28). The court held that Aryan knew that his friend and co-accused Arbaaz was in possession of drugs, and hence there was “conscious possession”.

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 NW Sambre seeking urgent hearing, sources said. — PTI