Mumbai : Special NDPS Court refuses bail to Aryan Khan and two others with respect to Cruise Ship Drug Case. Aryan Khan’s lawyers have argued that no drugs were found on him when NCB officers in disguise raided a rave party on a cruise ship. Aryan’s lawyer states that the are likely to approach Bombay High Court.
Special Judge VV Patil have pronounced the order.
Aryan Khan’s lawyer Amit Desai told reporters outside the court that they now plan to move the Bombay High Court. “We have not been told the grounds on which our bail plea was rejected,” he said.
Besides Aryan Khan bail applications of Arbaz Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha have been rejected. They will now have to approach to Bombay High Court regarding Bail.
Future course of action will be decided once the lawyers receive the court orders and understand the reason why the bail plea was rejected.
Aryan, Merchant and Dhamecha were among eight accused who have so far been held by the NCB in the drugs case that was busted after the central agency raided Cordelia a Goa-bound cruise ship, earlier this month.
The case has created enormous buzz and also saw NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede alleging that he is being followed by and spied on by two Mumbai Police personnel. His security was tightened last week after he met Maharashtra director general of police (DGP) Sanjay Pandey, seeking the same.
In its last hearing on October 19, Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Anil Singh, appearing for the NCB, argued that there was need to take a “serious view” of drug abuse among youngsters, and that the principle of innocent until proven guilty does not apply under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. “The present applicant (Aryan) is not a consumer for the first time. The evidence placed before the court shows that he is a regular consumer of contraband for the last few years.
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