Aryan Khan Drug case: No Bail For today, Arguments to Continue Tomorrow

Aryan Khan’s jail stay was extended by another day as the hearing on his bail request in the Bombay High Court was posted to tomorrow. The hearing will be continued tomorrow after 2:30 PM.

Additional Solicitor General Anil Singh will reply on behalf of the anti-drugs agency Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) tomorrow. Mr Singh has said he’ll take an hour to conclude the arguments. Today, advocates Amit Desai, Mukul Rohatgi and Ali Kashif Khan Deshmukh argued on behalf of the accused.

Mr Desai, appearing for accused Arbaaz Merchant, said the court was misled into believing during the first remand that it’s a conspiracy case. He said the arrested persons must be informed of grounds of their arrest.

Mr Deshmukh, representing accused Munmum Dhamecha, said she had no connection with the recoveries made during the searches on the cruise. Aryan Khan has been in Mumbai’s Arthur Road jail since October 8.

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 charas hidden in his friend Arbaaz Merchant’s shoe, and this amounted to “conscious possession”.

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