The bail plea filed by Aryan Khan, son of Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan will be heard by Bombay High Court on October 26. .The High Court posted the appeal for hearing on that date after it was mentioned before Justice Nitin Sambre on Thursday by Khan's lawyer, Satish Maneshinde who requested an urgent hearing..Interestingly, during the mentioning, Maneshinde also requested the Court to hear the matter through video conference stating the Senior Counsel who would be arguing as lead counsel in the matter has made such a request.This could mean that Khan has engaged a lawyer outside Mumbai for appearing on behalf of him in the High Court. Though the request for video conference hearing was turned down by the Court, speculations are now rife on who would appear for Khan. While Maneshinde appeared for Khan before the Magistrate court, Senior Counsel Amit Desai was the lead counsel before the Sessions Court along with Maneshinde..Khan was taken into custody by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on October 2, 2021 after the NCB raided a cruise ship en route to Goa from Mumbai.He was placed under arrest on October 3 and charged with offences under Section 8(c), 20(b), 27, 28, 29 and 35 under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.He was remanded to NCB custody till October 4, which was extended till October 7.Thereafter, he was remanded to judicial custody after which he immediately moved for bail.Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate RM Nerlikar had rejected the bail application, holding that it was not maintainable as only the special court of sessions was entitled to hear the bail plea.Subsequently, Khan moved the special court under the NDPS Act seeking bail which came to be rejected on Wednesday, October 20 prompting the present appeal before the High Court.
The bail plea filed by Aryan Khan, son of Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan will be heard by Bombay High Court on October 26. .The High Court posted the appeal for hearing on that date after it was mentioned before Justice Nitin Sambre on Thursday by Khan's lawyer, Satish Maneshinde who requested an urgent hearing..Interestingly, during the mentioning, Maneshinde also requested the Court to hear the matter through video conference stating the Senior Counsel who would be arguing as lead counsel in the matter has made such a request.This could mean that Khan has engaged a lawyer outside Mumbai for appearing on behalf of him in the High Court. Though the request for video conference hearing was turned down by the Court, speculations are now rife on who would appear for Khan. While Maneshinde appeared for Khan before the Magistrate court, Senior Counsel Amit Desai was the lead counsel before the Sessions Court along with Maneshinde..Khan was taken into custody by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on October 2, 2021 after the NCB raided a cruise ship en route to Goa from Mumbai.He was placed under arrest on October 3 and charged with offences under Section 8(c), 20(b), 27, 28, 29 and 35 under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.He was remanded to NCB custody till October 4, which was extended till October 7.Thereafter, he was remanded to judicial custody after which he immediately moved for bail.Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate RM Nerlikar had rejected the bail application, holding that it was not maintainable as only the special court of sessions was entitled to hear the bail plea.Subsequently, Khan moved the special court under the NDPS Act seeking bail which came to be rejected on Wednesday, October 20 prompting the present appeal before the High Court.
