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By: Shree1news, 28 OCT 2021
Aryan Khan was granted bail by the Bombay high court on Thursday, October 28. big relief for Aryan Khan, Arbaaz merchant, and Munmun Dhamecha as the 3 got bail in the drugs case. while the overall bail order is yet to come, the 3 kids are expected to walk out of the Arthur road jail the next day, or on Saturday. at the same time as looking for bail for Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan‘s son in the Bombay high court on Thursday, senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi gave a rejoinder to NCB’s response. On behalf of Aryan, Rohatgi said, “There were 1,300 people on the cruise. I did not know anybody else except Arbaaz and Achit. Their (NCB’s) case is — it is no coincidence and therefore it is a conspiracy. Conspiracy is a meeting of the minds. It cannot be primarily based on coincidence. You (NCB) have failed to prove meeting of minds with these 8 people and therefore called them independently. there is absolutely no material for the purpose of the conspiracy.”
ASG Anil Singh, who argued for NCB, countered Rohtagi’s argument and stated, ‘Aryan is not a first-hand consumer but regular consumer since last 2 years. The court heard Aryan’s bail plea for three days in a row before granting him bail. During arguments on Wednesday, Aryan’s lawyer Amit Desai argued that the NCB didn’t conduct any blood test on Aryan and therefore, no claims of consumption of drugs can be established on his part. Calling it a ‘trap’ by the NCB, the senior advocate told the court, “If the NCB officers went there to find people consuming drugs, they can do blood testing of all those. There is no blood test where consumption is proved.”
Amit Desai further advised the court that even though not anything has been recovered from Aryan Khan and his medical take a look at was not conducted by the NCB, the matter can at nice be taken as a ‘case of consumption’, now not as a ‘case of conspiracy.’ He said within the court that “bail is the rule and jail is the exception. Now it is arrest is the rule and bail is the exception.”
The 23-12 months-old celebrity son was arrested on October 3 after a drugs raid at a party with the aid of Narcotics control Bureau officers in cover. He was lodged on the Arthur road prison along with every other accused Arbaaz merchant. whereas, Munmun Dhamecha changed into at Byculla women jail. a complete of 20 people, including Nigerian nationals, were arrested so far within the Mumbai drugs case in which Aryan and the other youngsters were arrested.
Aryan Khan’s bail plea was rejected via the special court on October 20 within the case following which his judicial custody within the matter were given prolonged until October 30. Khan approached the Bombay high court for an urgent bail listening to. in the meantime, NCB’s independent witness KP Gosavi was arrested by way of Pune police in connection with a 2018 cheating case. In 2019, Pune city Police declared Gosavi as a wanted man. He was missing for the reason that then and became only spotted at some point of the cruise raid as an NCB witness. On October 14, the police issued a lookout circular against him.
KP Gosavi is also is an independent witness in the Aryan Khan case, who have been absconding on account that his viral selfie with Shah Rukh Khan’s son went viral. He additionally recently attempted to surrender at a police station in Uttar Pradesh capital Lucknow.
