No need for Aryan Khan to appear before Narcotics Control Bureau every week, says Bombay HC

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday exempted actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan from appearing at the Narcotics Control Bureau office in Mumbai every week, Bar and Bench reported. Last week, Aryan Khan had applied for the waiver on his appearances, which was part of his bail conditions.

The High Court had on October 28 granted bail to Khan in a drug-related case. One of his 13 bail conditions, mandated Aryan Khan to appear before the anti-drug agency’s office every Friday between 11 am and 2 pm.

In a plea filed on December 10, Aryan Khan had contended that condition be relaxed as the investigation had been transferred to a Special Investigation Team of the Narcotics Control Bureau’s Delhi unit. He also submitted that he had to be escorted by the police during his visits to the office due to the presence of large number of mediapersons.

The Narcotics Control Bureau did not oppose the relaxation in bail conditions, but said that it should only be granted if Aryan Khan responds to the Special Investigation Team whenever he is summoned, Bar and Bench reported.

The case

Aryan Khan, his friend Arbaaz Merchant, model Munmum Dhamecha and five others had been detained by the Narcotics Control Bureau after a raid on a cruise ship off the coast of Mumbai…

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