Mumbai: The Session Court has dismissed the bail application of Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan son  Aryan Khan, arrested in a cruise ship drug case on October 3. 

Special Judge V.V. Patil has dismissed the bail plea of all three accused arrested by the Narcotic Control Bureau (NCB). 

NCB has stated that Aryan Khan has been involved in drug trafficking, his WhatsApp chats and messages reveal that he has been actively involved in the case. Taking the arguments of the NCB, the court has dismissed the bail plea of Aryan Khan. Meanwhile, Aryan Khan advocates have decided to file a bail application before the High Court. 

The case 

Aryan Khan was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on October 2, 2021, after the NCB raided a cruise en route to Goa from Mumbai.

Khan was charged with offences under Section 8(c), 20(b), 27, 28, 29 and 35 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. He had been remanded to NCB custody till October 4 which was extended till October 7, 2021.

On October 2, NCB's zonal director Sameer Wankhede led a team of officers for a raid at the International Terminal of Mumbai Port Trust from where the Cordelia Cruise liner was to depart for Goa

Eight people were detained after the NCB allegedly seized intermediate and small quantities of cocaine, MDMA (ecstasy), charas and Rs 1,33,000 cash.
Khan, Arbaaz Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha were the first to be arrested. They were booked under sections 8(c) read with 20b (purchase), 27 (consumption)

28 (attempt to commit offence), 29 (abetment/ conspiracy) and 35 (presumption of culpable mental state) of the NDPS Act, after six and five grams of  charas was allegedly seized from Merchant and Dhamecha respectively. However nothing was recovered from Khan.

So far, the NCB has arrested 18 people in the case and recovered commercial quantities of drug, as well. The agency arrested several individuals after the cruise that was allowed to set sail following the raid, returned from Goa, on Monday. Those arrested include 10 guests, four event organisers, two alleged suppliers and one consumer.
Eight people are booked under the stringent section 27A of the NDPS Act for financing illicit traffic and harbouring offenders attracting a 20 year jail term
The Court is hearing bail applications of Aryan Khan, Nupur Satija, Aachit Kumar, Arbaaz Merchant, Mohak Jaswal, Munmun Dhamecha, Shreyas Nair and Avin Sahu which are all listed on board for hearing.