Mumbai: NCB delays Aryan Khan’s bail plea till Wednesday

Aryan Khan at the NCB Office at Fort. File pic

Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan has to spend a few more days at the Arthur Road Jail as the special NDPS court has given two days' time to the NCB to file their reply to the bail applications. The court is set to hear the bail pleas of Aryan and other accused in the cruise liner drugs haul case on Wednesday.

After Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officers sought seven days' time from the court to file response to the bail applications, saying that they needed time as there are five bail applications, Aryan's lawyer senior advocate Amit Desai told the special NDPS court that it was a matter of personal liberty as Aryan has been behind bars since the past seven days even though nothing was found on his person.

"I am not even arguing for the bail, I just want it to be heard today or tomorrow." Desai said.

An accused in front of NCB office at Fort. File pic

Senior advocate Satish Maneshinde, who also argued for Aryan, said, "The court has given two days' time to NCB to file their response and the matter will be heard on Wednesday."

Aryan, in his bail application, said he has been falsely implicated in the case even as nothing was found from him.

"The applicant is the son of a prominent Bollywood film actor. The applicant is innocent and has not committed any crime whatsoever. The applicant has been falsely implicated in the present case," the bail application states.

It further added, "The prosecution is relying solely upon certain alleged WhatsApp chats to entangle him in the present proceedings without veracity of accuracy of the chats."

The bail plea has also stated that the WhatsApp chats have no links with the case being investigated by NCB.

Aryan's lawyers have also requested the court to allow one member of his family inside the courtroom during the hearing to take instructions.

Apart from Aryan, the court is likely to hear bail pleas of four other accused - Arbaaz Merchant, Mohak Jaswal, Nupur Satija, and Munmun Dhamecha - on Wednesday.

2 Days
Time granted to NCB to file response