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A Mumbai Court has rejected the bail plea’s of Aryan Khan, son of Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan, actor Arbaaz Merchant, model Munmun Dhamecha in the Cordelia Cruise Drugs case held.

Metropolitan Magistrate SR.M. Nerlikar will be dictating the orders in the later part of the day today.

Yesterday, rejecting Narcotics Control Bureau's (NCB) plea seeking further custody of Aryan Khan, Munmun Dhamecha & Arbaaz Merchant and others , accused were remanded to judicial custody instead.

Though the court had expressed its willingness to hear the bail applications of the accused persons yesterday itself, provided the parties cooperate. However, it was later decided that the court will consider the bail pleas tomorrow, on Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede's submission that jail authorities do not accept accused persons in the absence of Covid-19 negative reports.

Sending the accused in judicial custody, Additional Metropolitan Magistrate had said, "No custodial interrogation is required as sufficient time was granted to the investigating officer for investigation." 

Earlier, on October 5, the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) had held that on a bare perusal of cases such as Rhea Chakraborty vs Union of India, it is clear that all offences under Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act are non-bailable. Therefore, the question of bail at the present stage does not arise.

The ACMM had further held that the question to be considered in such cases is whether or not custodial interrogation of accused is essential.

According to the order of ACMM, Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Anil Singh who appeared for the state had argued that 13 gms of cocaine, 5 gms of Mephedrone, 21 gms of Charas, 22 Pills of MDMA along with Rs.1,33,00/- were seized from the accused at International Cruise Terminal, Green Gate Mumbai and had argued then that on the basis of the statement of the accused, they were arrested for sale, purchase and attempt to commit a punishable offence under Sections 8(C), 20 (b), 27, 28, 29, r/w 35 of NDPS act. He had further argued that investigation conducted so far clearly revealed incriminating evidence in the form of WhatsApp chats.

Bollywood superstar Sharukh Khan’s son, Aryan Khan, and seven other accused were nabbed at various times on Sunday after the NCB raided their alleged drug party aboard the Cordelia Cruises ship on Saturday evening, these arrests sent shock waves among the general masses and the people in the entertainment industry alike.

Pursuant to this order of the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Aryan Khan was sent to the custody of NCB till October 7.

Cause Title: NCB vs Aryan Khan