Mumbai drugs case live updates: Aryan Khan to stay in jail, no order on bail plea today

After hearing the arguments of both the sides in the bail application of Aryan Khan, Actor Arbaaz Merchant and model Munmun Dhamecha, the Mumbai court has adjourned the matter to 20th October, 2021, for bail order,

“This young man was overseas for a while. In those countries some times lot of things are legitimate. I don't know what kind of chats are there. I have not seen. The possibility of conspiracy and speculation cannot hold me back in this case,” Aryan Khan's lawyer tells court, as quoted by Live Law.

“By no stretch of imagination the boy is involved in illicit drug trafficking or international drug trafficking. This allegations are fake. Nothing to do will illicit drug trafficking. These chats needs to be seen as whole. They need to see if they (the chats) are jokes, banter. Context is important when we deal with evidential value,” Aryan Khan's lawyer in court.

“The custody was given in bailable offence to facilitate investigation,” Desai continues, “Then he was remanded to judicial custody. Now the learned magistrate heard everything of the NCB, applied his mind and concluded that no investigation's is actually happening now. The crucial investigation (in regards to Aryan Khan) was completed on October 7.”

“You are at the bottom of the chain, affected by the drug menace. But they want you to keep in jail. How long that too? You are a consumer affected and they say you might be in conspiracy with peddler and put you in jail. This is a far stretched argument. They should have a reformative approach,” Desai tells court, adding that in connection to Aryan Khan's involvement in the case, the NCB may have crossed a legal line.

“I say this as an officer of this court and citizen of this country. I don't think there can be a debate that the entire world is fighting the drug menace. We got our freedom and we must protect it and save the younger generation from the drug menace,” Senior counsel Amit Desai says in his rejoinder arguments on behalf of Aryan Khan.

Senior Lawyer Amit Desai, who is representing Shah Rukh Khan‘s son Aryan Khan, is presenting his arguments in court.

“I don't agree they are boys, tell the court you are our future generations. The entire country depending on you. It is not what father of nation Mahatma Gandhi would have envisioned. Drug abuse needs to stop somewhere. We are taking it seriously and investigations looking at every chain,” ASG Anil Singh tells court.

“Bail can be granted in case there are reasonable grounds for believing that accused is not guilty of such offence, and that he is not likely to commit any offence while on bail,” Additional Solicitor General representing NCB told the court, citing the judgement of State of Kerala vs Rajesh, as reported by Live Law.

“The record and the evidence before your honour shows that he is a regular consumer of contraband for last few years,” NCB said.