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Aryan Khan denied bail in drugs case
A Mumbai court on Wednesday refused bail to actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan, who has been arrested in connection with a drugs case, reported Live Law.
Khan and seven others were arrested on October 3 after the Narcotics Control Bureau raided a party on a cruise ship off the coast of Mumbai and seized drugs on board. No drugs were found in possession of the actor’s son.
He was initially remanded to the custody of the anti-drugs agency, but was then sent to judicial custody for 14 days on October 7.
On October 14, the court reserved its order on Khan’s bail plea till Wednesday.
On that date, the Narcotics Control Bureau had told the court that Aryan Khan had been consuming drugs regularly for the past few years.
The agency opposed Khan’s bail petition, and contested his argument that no drugs were found on him.
Additional Solicitor General Anil Singh said that the drugs seized from a co-accused, Arbaaz Merchant, were meant for him as well as Aryan Khan. Singh cited WhatsApp chats and contended that Khan was in “conscious possession of drugs because he admits it was with his friend and it was for consumption of both of them”.
On the other hand, Khan’s counsel Amit Desai argued that granting bail would not negatively affect the investigation in the case.
The advocate also questioned…