“The applicant (Aryan) shall attend the office of NCB Delhi as and when directed by the agency, provided the NCB issues a 72-hour notice to the applicant,” Justice Sambre said. The court also modified another condition laid down in the bail order that required him to furnish his itinerary to the NCB every time he travels out of Mumbai.
“The applicant need not submit his itinerary if he is travelling to Delhi for recording his statement. He shall submit his itinerary to the NCB in case of any other travel outside Mumbai,” Justice Sambre said.
While seeking the waiver of this condition, Aryan khan’s counsel Amit Desai had argued, “The NCB’s Mumbai office has now nothing to do with the case. My client (Aryan) has been cooperating with the probe and has, in fact, also appeared before the SIT probing the case and recorded his statement.” He said also stated that Aryan woould appear before the NCB’s SIT at Delhi as and when summons are issued to him. Aryan’s application also mentioned that every time Aryan appears before the NCB’s office in Mumbai, there is a huge crowd and that he has to be accompanied by police personnel, which causes unnecessary hassle.
NCB’s advocate Shreeram Shirsat told the court that the agency does not have any objection to the modification. “However, the applicant should appear before the NCB’s SIT as and when summoned either in Mumbai or Delhi,” Shirsat told the court.
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 on October 28 and Aryan walked out of jail on October 30.
