Aryan Khan’s jail stay extended as HC adjourns bail hearing for tomorrow

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday adjourned the bail hearing in the cruise drugs case involving superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan for tomorrow. The hearing will begin at 2:30pm on Wesdnesday afternoon, Justice Nitin Sambre said. 

Meanwhile, a special court under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act granted bail to accused Manish Rajgaria and Avin Sahu, PTI reported. 

Earlier today, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) accused Aryan and Shah Rukh Khan’s manager Pooja Dadlani of attempting to influence evidance and witnesses and derail the investigation.

Aryan Khan’s lawyers Mukul Rohatgi and Satish Maneshinde argued that the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has no evidence against the 23-year-old, and he was wrongly arrested and has been kept in jail for over 20 days.

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“There is no evidence of consumption, no recovery of drugs and absolutely no evidence to show his participation in this so-called conspiracy and abetment as alleged by the NCB,” senior advocate Rohatgi said. Rohatgi completed his arguments after which the court said it would continue the hearing on the bail pleas of co-accused Arbaaz Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha on Wednesday.

The court will on Wednesday also hear the arguments of Additional Solicitor General Anil Singh, appearing for the NCB.

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Aryan Khan was arrested on October 3. A special NDPS Act court has rejected his bail plea.