Mumbai cruise drugs case October 13: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) will file its reply on Aryan Khan’s bail plea by 11 am on Wednesday and a special court decided to hear the matter later in the day around 2:45. According to sources, the NCB is likely to oppose the bail application of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan in connection with the cruise ship drug bust case. As many as 20 people have been arrested in the case so far. Last week, Aryan was remanded to judicial custody for 14 days after which he immediately moved court seeking bail. Aryan’s bail plea was also rejected by the magistrate court on October 8. The bail plea was again heard before the special NDPS court on Monday, but the court posted the matter for further hearing on Wednesday, seeking the NCB’s reply. Follow Indiatoday.in to know what happens next in the case.
The NCB said Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan consumed drugs on the cruise ship. This is a crime in India under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985. The NCB has also charged Aryan Khan with the sale and possession of illegal drugs.
A set of laws including the NDPS Act in India builds a framework for reducing abuse of drugs — classified as narcotics and psychotropic substances. Under the law, production, cultivation, possession, sale, use, purchase, import and export, and consumption of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances are crimes in India.
The main offences that Aryan Khan has been charged with fall under the NDPS Act, which provides for punishment for possession, consumption and sale of drugs. Punishments for drugs-related crimes are flexible. It depends on how much quantity is involved in the commission of the offence
