Mumbai: In an order rejecting the bail plea of actor Ajaz Khan in a drugs case, the special NDPS court observed that as a seller, he was dangerous to society and exploiting boys and girls by giving them drugs. Khan had been arrested in March.

“Persons involved in drug trafficking, peddling, financing and hatching conspiracy always take utmost care to hide their activities. They use code language and code words for their transactions. CDR and WhatsApp chats of accused also refer the same and the role of accused,” the court said.

The court added that at this preliminary stage, it can be held with certainty that he forged prescriptions in his wife’s name. It is alleged that 31 alprazolam tablets weighing 4.5 gm were recovered. This qualifies as ‘small quantity’ of contraband under Narcotics Drug and Psychotropic Substances Act.

The court also relied on the statement of an Ahmedabad-based doctor who denied writing the prescriptions. It held that the witness’s statement clearly indicates who Khan is and what is his position in life. The court said that the law and its process help those who approach with clean hands and not those who are motivated to grab a favourable order by hook or by crook.

“Granting bail to such [a] person will amount [to] putting premium on the illegal act and unclean approach of the accused which will ultimately convey bad message to the law-abiding society...,” the court said.

Seeking bail for Khan, defence advocate Taraq Sayed said that he was falsely implicated. It was also submitted that the tablets were prescribed for his wife. Sayed said the alleged contraband was of a small quantity and bail can be granted.

The court noted that in a prescription of January 16, 2020, the volume of tablets is not mentioned in milligrams instead 20 doses are prescribed. The court held that no doctor ever prescribes such tablets without content in milligrams. It said that even handwriting in both prescriptions does not indicate they were written by any doctor. The court held that while prescriptions for his wife are of December 2020 and January 2021, 31 tablets were recovered in March and April 2021.

“In my opinion, no evidence is required even to hold prima facie that these prescriptions are forged, fabricated...”