Aryan Khan Drugs Case: NCB Claims Star Kid Tried To Deal In Commercial Quantity Of Drugs During Bail Hearing
The Bombay High Court on Thursday (October 28) granted bail to Aryan Khan, co-accused Arbaaz Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha in plea against rejection of their bail applications by a special NDPS court.
The
Bombay
High
Court
on
Thursday
(October
28)
granted
bail
to
Aryan
Khan,
co-accused
Arbaaz
Merchant
and
Munmun
Dhamecha
in
plea
against
rejection
of
their
bail
applications
by
a
special
NDPS
court.
During
the
hearing,
ASG
on
behave
of
Aryan
Khan
argued
that
Aryan
Khan
is
a
regular
consumer
of
drugs
and
that
his
WhatsApp
chats
point
at
him
procuring
"hard
drugs" in
commercial
quantity.
Anil
Singh,
the
Additional
Solicitor
General,
said
on
behalf
of
the
NCB,
said
bail
in
such
cases
is
"an
exception,
not
a
rule",
as
the
Supreme
Court
called
drugs
offences
"worse
than
culpable
homicide".
"Accused
number
1
(Aryan
Khan)
is
not
a
first-time
consumer.
He
is
a
regular
consumer
since
last
few
years
and
he
has
been
procuring
drugs.
There
is
a
reference
of
procuring
drugs
in
commercial
quantity
and
the
drugs
are
hard
drugs.
He
has
been
in
contact
with
peddlers," Mr
Singh
told
the
court.
While
Arbaaz
Merchant's
lawyer
Amit
Desai
argued
on
day
2
of
the
bail
hearing
that
there
has
been
no
evidence
in
WhatsApp
chats,
Anil
Singh
said,
"WhatsApp
chat
I
am
relying
on
will
show
he
had
made
an
attempt
to
deal
with
commercial
quantity.
Not
only
that,
when
they
were
apprehended
on
the
ship,
multiple
drugs
were
found
with
all
eight."
He
revealed
that
on
the
cruise,
commercial
quality
of
a
variety
of
drugs
were
found.
"It
cannot
be
a
coincidence.
If
you
see
the
quantity
and
nature
of
drug
it
cannot
be
a
coincidence.
It
cannot
be
said
that
these
drugs
were
for
personal
consumption," he
added.
Meanwhile,
former
Attorney
General
Mukul
Rohatgi,
Aryan's
lawyer
has
repeatedly
told
the
court
that
no
drugs
were
found
on
him
and
there
was
no
evidence
he
had
used
drugs.
To
which
Anil
Singh
counter-argued,
"Even
if
he
is
not
found
in
possession
of
the
drug,
there
was
an
attempt
to
deal
with
commercial
quantity
and
prima
facie
records
show
he
is
a
part
of
a
conspiracy
for
commercial
quantity."
Stating
the
principle
of
conscious
possession,
Anil
Singh
said
the
two
friends
were
staying
in
the
same
room
and
"If
one
person
is
aware
that
the
other
person
is
carrying
drugs
and
they
are
going
to
consume
it
together,
it
will
be
conscious
possession."
Aryan
has
been
granted
bail
two
days
before
his
judicial
custody
ended
on
October
30.
Notably,
the
star
kid
was
arrested
on
October
3
and
was
lodged
in
Arthur
Road
jail
on
October
8,
2021.