No bail for Aryan Khan in drugs case

Aryan Khan, Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan's son, was sent to the Arthur Road prison in Mumbai on Friday after a local court refused him bail in a drug seizure case. Five other men arrested in the case were also sent to the same jail and the two women accused, including Munmun Dhamecha, were taken to Byculla women's prison, a police official said. Additional chief metropolitan magistrate RM Nerlikar rejected his bail application, The court said that Khan's bail plea was "not maintainable", agreeing with the Narcotics Control Bureau that since drugs were seized a Sessions Court must hear the matter.

Arguing against bail per se, the NCB said releasing Aryan Khan could harm the case. The agency claimed he could tamper with evidence and influence witnesses. It also insisted Aryan Khan and the others were "regular users of contraband".They are influential persons... is a chance of tampering with evidence. Had it been one person with small quantity, it would be different. We have a lot of material... protection like bail at this stage will hamper the investigation," Additional Solicitor General Anil Singh said.

Aryan Khan, whose bail has been rejected for the third time, and others will spend the weekend in quarantine cells of the two prisons as the sessions court, where they will need to file an appeal for bail, would not be working on October 9 which is the second Saturday of the month. They would not get any special treatment inside the prison, the official told the agency.