Cruise drug bust case: Bail pleas of Aryan Khan, Arbaaz Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha rejected

A metropolitan magistrate here on Friday denied bail to Aryan Khan son of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan and two others in a case pertaining to the alleged seizure of banned drugs from a cruise ship off the Mumbai coastAdditional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate R M Nerlikar rejected the bail pleas of Aryan Khan 23 and the other two accused The court on Thursday sent Aryan Khan and seven others arrested in the case in 14day judicial remand after their NCB custody endedAlso Read Aryan Khan Arbaaz Merchant sent to Arthur Road Munmun to Byculla Womenrsquos JailAdditional Solicitor General Anil Singh appearing for the NCB opposed the bail applications of the three accused After hearing the arguments the magistrate denied bail to Aryan Khan Munmun Dhamecha and Arbaaz Merchant saying their applications were not maintainableHIGHLIGHTS FROM THE HEARINGASG WhatsApp chats about football The WhatsApp chat between Aachit and A1Aryan Khan refers to bulk quantities of drug I didnt want to say this in open courtKashiff says they are alleging nexus against me Munmun But they havent even been able to show how I am connected to A1 and 2Aryan and Arbaaz forget the othersKashiff says that even according to the prosecution the alleged contraband of 5 gms was found on the floor and two other people Somiya and Baldev were also there with her Munmun at the time Why are they not arrestedAdvocate Ali Kashiff for Munmun Dhamecha begins arguing her bail applicationManeshinde I am from a respectable family I am based out of Mumbai The accused who they say us connected with me is already in their custodyManeshinde futher argued that nothing has emerged in the last five days because there is nothingManeshinde I have parents and a family here I have an Indian passport and I am not going to abscond There is no question of tamperingManeshinde I am a 23 year old with no prior antecedents I happen to be from BollywoodI went on an invitation refused when asked if I have drugsThey were honest not to accuse me of anything else Data from my mobile has been retrieved and sent for forensicsManeshinde further argues that there is no material except his clients statement that can make this a case of consumptionManeshinde replies that there are various offences which are triable by special courts but Magistrate courts can be approached for bailASG submits that this is a matter for the NDPS courtManeshinde reads excerpts from CrPC which explain when bail should be granted in nonbailable offencesASG refutes and refers to actor Arman Kohlis case where the same court had denied his bail on basis of maintainabilityWhy is the union government interested in cases of drug consumption asks ManeshindeAryan Khans lawyer Satish Maneshinde begins argumentNCB in their reply told the court that the bail applications of Aryan Khan Arbaaz Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha are not maintainable and illconceivedAdditional Solicitor General ASG begins arguments on maintainability of bail applicationsBail hearing of Aryan Khan Arbaaz Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha to begin shortlyMunmun Dhamecharsquos lawyer Ali Kashif Khan Deshmukh said in the bail application that NCB falsely implicated her in order to highlight the matter in national and international mediaThe Killa court on Thursday refused the Narcotics Control Bureaursquos NCB request for further custody of Aryan Khan and other accused in the cruise liner drugbust case and sent them to judicial remandEnough time was given for interrogation it stated adding that sending them to further remand of the NCB will violate their fundamental rights The NCB had sought the custody of all the eight accused held from the cruise on Sunday till October 11Ideally the accused should be taken to the prison when in judicial custody However Aryans lawyer Satish Maneshinde urged the court to allow them to stay in the NCBs custody He also requested for their judicial remand under NCB Zonal Director Sameer WankhedeWankhede also requested to keep them in the NCBs custody stating that the prison department would not admit the accused without Covid19 test reports The court allowed the appealsWith inputs from Faizan Khan