Aryan Khan's bail: Juhi Chawla turns surety for Shah Rukh Khan's son, reaches NDPS court

As part of the procedure of bail of Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan, actor Juhi Chawla signed a bail bond worth Rs 1 lakh. A dear friend of Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla was spotted entering the NDPS court, as she was accepted as surety by the court. Once the bail bond is signed by the surety-Juhi Chawla, the legal team of Aryan Khan will directly go to the Arthur Road jail, where Aryan Khan has been lodged for more than a fortnight. Shah Rukh Khan's son, who was among the 8 people arrested (12 arrested later) from Mumbai's cruise en route to Goa, busted by the NCB, is, however, unlikely to come out of the jail till Saturday morning. 

Conditions of bail of Aryan Khan 

Allowed bail by the Bombay High Court on Thursday, there are certain conditions laid down in the order for Aryan Khan. As per the 5-page bail order of Aryan Khan, the following are the conditions on the basis of which Shah Rukh Khan's son has been granted bail in the Mumbai cruise drug bust case: 

• Bond of Rs. 1 lakh with one or more sureties in the like amount
• shall not try to establish communication with co-accused or any other person involved directly or indirectly in similar activities
• Shall not call any person indulging in similar activities as alleged against them, through any mode of communication
• Shall not undertake any action which is prejudicial to the proceedings before the Hon’ble Special Court
• Shall not either personally or through anyone make any attempt to influence witnesses nor tamper with the evidence
• Shall surrender their passport before the Special Court immediately
• Shall not make any statement regarding the aforesaid proceedings pending before the Special Court in any form of media
• Shall not leave the country without prior permission from the Special Judge 
• Shall inform the Investigating Officer If accused have to go out of Greater Mumbai
• Shall attend the NCB Mumbai office on each Friday between 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m
• Shall attend all the dates in the Court unless prevented by any reasonable cause
• Shall not in any manner try to delay the trial.
• Shall join the investigation as and when called upon to do so before the authorities of NCB

Timeline of Aryan Khan's arrest

On October 2, NCB busted a high-profile drug party on Cordelia cruise ship en route from Mumbai to Goa. As per sources, NCB Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede, along with his team, boarded the cruise ship in the guise of passengers after receiving a tip-off about the purported drug party from the CISF and raided it mid-sea. The central agency seized small amounts of Cocaine, Mephedrone, Charas, Hydroponic Weed, MDMA, and cash Rs. 1,33,000, and arrested eight people - Aryan Khan, Arbaaz Merchantt, Munmun Dhamecha, Nupur Sarika, Ismeet Singh, Mohak Jaswal, Vikrant Chhoker, Gomit Chopra.

After hours of interrogation Aryan Khan along with others were put under official arrest on October 3.  In the first hearing before the Magistrate Court on the same day, Aryan was remanded to NCB custody till October 4, which was further extended to October 7. On October 7, the Magistrate remanded Shah Rukh Khan's son to 14-day judicial custody. Lawyer Satish Maneshinde, representing Shah Rukh's son had filed a plea the very next day, on October 8 but the same was rejected on  the grounds that it was 'not maintainable.' 

Thereafter, the bail plea was heard by the NDPS court on October 13 and 14, and the Court had reserved the order for October 20. On the said date, the Court had rejected the plea. Thereafter, Aryan Khan moved Bombay High Court. The Court heard the plea on October 26 and then again on October 27. On October 28, however, he was finally allowed bail.