The bail application of Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan has begun and currently is underway in the Bombay High Court.
During the hearing, former Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi argued the case of superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s son, who has been denied bail twice before, that Aryan Khan is a victim in the drug case. The 23-year-old star son was arrested on 3rd October after a drugs raid on a cruise ship party by Narcotics Control Bureau officers in disguise.
He has been held in Mumbai’s Arthur road jail since 8th October. His lawyers have repeatedly argued that no drugs were found on him.
The special anti-drugs court that denied him bail last week said he knew about drugs hidden in his friend Arbaaz Merchant’s shoe, and this amounted to ‘conscious possession’.
On October 20, a special NDPS court rejected Aryan Khan’s bail plea and the star son’s legal team was quick to move HC against the order. Aryan’s bail plea hearing has been listed for October 26 now.
Aryan’s lawyers Satish Maneshinde requested a hearing but ASG Anil Singh for NCB stated that they had not been served the copy yet. Furthermore, Court refused Maneshinde’s request for a hearing via video conferencing, and Aryan’s bail plea matter was listed for hearing on Tuesday.
Aryan Khan was arrested by the Narcotics Control Board, from a party on charges of buying and using drugs earlier this month, which according to Aryan’s lawyer are false claims. However, it was revealed that Aryan has not been found in possession of drugs.
He has been ‘charged with the consumption of drugs’, the publication reported. According to the bureau, the star kid’s WhatsApp was filled to the brim with evidence of his involvement with the consumption of drugs. So much so that the bureau has assumed what Aryan’s lawyer said were chats about football, was in reality his admittance to smuggling drugs in ‘bulk quantities’.
