Cruise ship drugs case: Aryan Khan seeks relief in bail conditions, moves Bombay HC

THE TIMES OF INDIA (December 11, 2021)

Mumbai: Aryan Khan, son of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, moved the Bombay High Court with a plea to modify one of his bail conditions — of attendance at the investigating officer’s office in connection with the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) case.

The 23-year-old was granted bail on October 28 by HC bench of Justice Nitin Sambre after being in custody since October 3, following his arrest at an international Cruise terminal.

The conditions for his bail included a weekly three-hour attendance every Friday at the NCB office in Mumbai, among several others. He wants this attendance to be changed, but has not specified what reduction or change he desires. The HC is scheduled to hear the plea on Monday.

The HC had imposed 14 bail conditions on Aryan in the case and had directed his release on a PR bond of Rs 1 lakh, after holding that he did not have any charas in his possession and that the whatsapp chats did not reveal anything untoward as alleged by the NCB. 
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MID-DAY (December 10, 2021)

Aryan Khan, son of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, on Friday approached the Bombay High Court seeking modification of a condition imposed on him when he got bail in the drugs-on-cruise case.

Aryan's application sought waiver of the condition that he shall appear before the Narcotics Control Bureau's (NCB) south Mumbai office every Friday to mark presence.

As the investigation has been now transferred to a Special Investigation Team of Delhi NCB, the condition that he appear at the Mumbai office could be relaxed, said the plea.

The application also said that he has to be accompanied by police personnel every time he visits the NCB office here due to the large number of mediapersons waiting outside.

The application is likely to be heard by the high court next week, his lawyers said.

Aryan Khan was arrested by the NCB on October 3 on charges of alleged possession, consumption and sale/purchase of drugs following a raid on a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast.

He was granted bail by the high court on October 28.

The high court also imposed 14 conditions on him. He was asked, among other things, to appear before the NCB each Friday, not to leave Mumbai without informing the agency and not to leave India without permission from the special NDPS court.