Qaidi No 956! Aryan Khan to stay in jail as court reserves order on his bail plea till October 20

Mumbai, October 15: Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan will remain in the Arthur road jail till next week as the Special NDPS Court in Mumbai has reserved its order on his bail application in the drugs on cruise case.

After hearing extensive arguments of the investigating agency NCB and defense lawyers on Thursday, special judge V V Patil posted the matter for orders on October 20.

The high court and the sessions court is going to remain shut from October 15 to October 19 due to the Dussehra festival and the weekend. Earlier, a magistrate's court had rejected the bail pleas of Aryan Khan, Munmun Dhamecha, and Arbaaz Merchant.

The court's move came after Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Anil Singh stated that Aryan is a regular consumer of drugs for the past few years and granting him bail could hinder the investigation in the case which is in a crucial

stage.

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"Aryan Khan is not taking drugs only once... the statement that has been received shows that he used to consume it for the last few years. Drugs have been found from Arbaaz Merchant (Aryan's friend, from whom 6 grams of charas were seized)... Aryan was with him. When the IO (investigating officer) asked if he had drugs, Arbaaz said he had drugs in his shoes... Arbaaz admitted that both (he and Aryan Khan) were going to consume it on the cruise," ASG Anil Singh said.

As result, Aryan was taken to the Arthur Road jail where he has shifted to a normal cell among other prisoners. Aryan Khan has been allotted the Prisoner (Quaidi) number 956 in the Mumbai Central Jail, as per the sources.

Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan's son Aryan Khan has received a money order of Rs 4,500 in Arthur Road prison on October 11. This money order was for Actor's son’s canteen expenses. As per the jail rules, a prisoner is allowed only one money order of Rs. 4,500 a month.

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Aryan Khan and seven others were detained 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.NCB sleuths said they seized 13 grams of cocaine, 5 grams of MD, 21 grams of charas, 22 pills of MDMA (ecstasy), and Rs 1.33 lakh in cash during the raid.