Mumbai: Bombay High Court has taken up the hearing of the bail petition of Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan's son Aryan Khan in a cruise ship drug case. 

Justice Justice Nitin Sambre hearing the bail petition filed by Aryan Khan and three other accused. The Session Court has dismissed the bail plea on October 20 on the ground that WhatsApp chats of Aryan Khan will be indicated,  "he is dealing in illicit drug activities of narcotic substances on a regular basis", so it could not be said he is not likely to commit similar offences while on bail.

Senior Counsel seeking court permission to file rejoinder on behalf of Aryan Khan. Amit Desai, appearing for Khan mentioned that he need the assistance of juniors, right now they are outside the courtroom.

Rohatgi arguments

Aryan Khan was invited to a cruise by his friend Prateek Gaba. He and Arbaaz Merchant. went for a party. It appears that the NCB had prior information that people will be carrying drugs and raided the cruise ship.

I am concerned that there is no recovery, no consumption, no past history and no medical test. Merchant had 6 gms of charas which was recovered from his shoes. Merchant is denying it. I am not concerned, except that he is my friend, I have no connection with that sizer, Bar and Bench reported.

There is nothing against my client. He was arrested on October 3. There was a statement recorded under Section 67 which was retracted the next date. "I am wrongly arrested in the case, there is no possession of drugs from me. What is put against me is that you came with Arbaz Merchant, so you had conscious possession. My case is not a conscious possession at all, what somebody has in shoes or whatever is not my concern", Bar and Bench reported. 

Further, Mukul Rohatgi stated that "the small amount of drugs seizer is not enough to keep my client in custody. Many others have been found with intermediary and commercial quantity. What was recovered was small, 6 gms. The sizes are small, medium and large. There is no Section 27A against my client. Now S. 27A is trafficking, like a peddler. And then Section 29, because Merchant was found with substance", reported Bar and Bench.