Mumbai : The Bombay High Court’s Oct 29 ruling granting bail to Aryan Khan is now out, and says there is no evidence of Aryan Khan’s involvement in drug deal conspiracy on cruise ship. In its ruling, the judge says that WhatsApp chat exchanges between Aryan Khan Arbas Merchant and Moonmoon Damech do not appear to be of suspicious nature.
The ruling cites that Aryan Khan had no drug in his possession at the time of his arrest. His co-traveller Moonmoon Damech was carrying 6 gms of charas, 5 grams of hashish. There was no medical test done to determine if either of the men consumed drug. Traveling together in a ship cannot be viewed as a crime. The NCB has failed to establish that any among the accused did drug deals, said court in its ruling.
Backdrop: Bollyood actor Sharukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau(NCB) in raid of luxury cruise “Go-bound” in Mumbai along with Arbaaz merchant and Munmn Dhamecha. Aryan was initially remanded to NCB custody and later shifted to Arthur jail where he remained for 22 days before being released on bail on 29th of October. From the time of arrest up until bail, fraternity and fans flooded social media and held gatherings outside the superstar’s house in show of support for the family.
