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Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan granted bail in cruise ship drugs case

Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan granted bail in cruise ship drugs case

He has been in custody since being arrested in an October 3 raid on a cruise ship in Mumbai.
28 Oct, 2021

Aryan Khan, the 23-year-old son of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, has been granted bail by the Bombay High Court in a drugs case, according to the Hindustan Times.

The two other young men arrested with him, Arbaaz Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha, have also been granted bail, however, none of them will be released today.

The Times of India reported that the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) had opposed Aryan's bail plea and accused him of being a "regular consumer of drugs" as well as involved in illicit drug trafficking. They also argued that he was in "conscious possession of contraband".

He was arrested during an October 2 raid on a cruise ship in Mumbai and charged with possession of narcotics. He was remanded into NCB custody till October 7 and presented in court. He was presented in court again on October 8, October 14 and October 20 his bail plea was rejected each time. He then finally approached the Bombay High Court and was granted relief after three straight days of hearings.

The NCB said it recovered 13 grams of cocaine, five grams of MD, 21 grams of charas and 22 pills of MDMA, and 133,000 INR during the raid, however, none of the recovered narcotics were in Aryan’s possession. The NCB argued that that was immaterial and said he was a “regular consumer of drugs” according to his WhatsApp conversations. Aryan's lawyer, on the other hand, contended that the conversations were taken out of context and did not relate to the use of drugs.

Aryan received a lot of support from his father's Bollywood colleagues, including from big stars such as Hrithik Roshan. Several other celebrities also stood up for him and said he was being unfairly targeted.

Comments

M. Emad Oct 28, 2021 04:38pm
Drug addicts should remain in Jail.
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Changez Khan Oct 28, 2021 04:45pm
Aryan Khan should have never been arrested, it was a setup to blackmail and ask for ransom from his father SRK.
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M. Saeed Oct 28, 2021 06:11pm
Intoxication of big money spoils the child much faster than the drugs. Aryan must have been in all sorts of satanic vices, before reaching the high seas.
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A Oct 28, 2021 06:37pm
It’s India. Give proper reasons and proof to get bail. No VIP culture.
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gt Oct 28, 2021 06:52pm
In the interest of Justice his bail plea was accepted
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VIq saad Oct 28, 2021 07:07pm
Finally daddy bought justice.
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Himmat Oct 28, 2021 07:09pm
Very sad. Politicians are meddling in the justice and vindicating government officers for self benefit. This way only jungle raj will prevail.
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Ahsan Gul Oct 28, 2021 07:10pm
Wrong to support a young drug user. Let him face the law for a lesson.
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Aam Aadmi Oct 28, 2021 07:12pm
Hope Aryan has learnt his lessen that he may be SRK’s son but he is not above the law.
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AZAM AKBAR Oct 28, 2021 09:25pm
Hope, justice will prevail without any discrimination.
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Uyghyr ahmadi Oct 28, 2021 10:12pm
We should invite SRK and family and offer them Pakistan citizenship
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MugalPrince Oct 28, 2021 11:52pm
@Changez Khan Agree no raid happens there without political touch to it
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MugalPrince Oct 28, 2021 11:52pm
@gt That's Bull
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aruna Oct 29, 2021 12:15am
@Aam Aadmi He never broke any law. He wasn’t caught with drugs.
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Freedom Oct 29, 2021 01:35am
@Changez Khan, Aryan Khan possessed commercial value worth crores of drugs and peddled it as well. Stop your blind beliefs and hallucination. Ransom for what?
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KS Oct 29, 2021 02:56am
His only crime is that his Surname is Khan.
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Akil Akhtar Oct 29, 2021 03:16am
Why deny it before...
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Dr Dummy Oct 29, 2021 05:40am
There are reasons to believe he is not clean. We need to eliminate drug addiction.
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Fast comment Oct 29, 2021 05:51am
@M. Emad . Drug addicts need medical treatment & rehabilitation. The case has no merit, as respondents need medical treatment nothing else.
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A Oct 29, 2021 07:10am
@M. Emad “ Drug addicts should remain in Jail.” Addicts caught first time should be sent to rehab. Peddlers and distributors should go to jail, it’s still not proved that he was one.
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Meer Ghaffar Oct 29, 2021 08:34am
Mubarak ho Srk My love❤
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NYS Oct 29, 2021 07:16pm
Truth is always victorious
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