Mumbai drugs case: Aryan Khan, others taken to Arthur Road jail

The bail hearings for Aryan Khan, Arbaaz Merchant, and Munmun Dhamecha in the drugs case had begun in Mumbai's Esplanade Court.

The Esplanade Court in Mumbai on Friday began hearing on the bail pleas of Aryan Khan and others in connection with a drug consumption and possesion. Mumbai court on Thursday sent Aryan Khan and seven others to judicial custody for 14 days. The Court yesterday said that the case will now be heard by special Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) court. As many as 18 arrests have been made in the cruise ship raid case so far. Total 17 have been produced before the court and 18th person is yet to be produced before the Mumbai court.

Achit Kumar, who is the 17th person arrested by the NCB, was today remanded to NCB custody till October 9. His arrest was made after his name was disclosed by Aryan Khan and Arbaz Seth Merchant. Eight persons including Aryan Khan, Arbaz Seth Merchant, Munmun Dhamecha, Vikrant Chhoker, Ismeet Singh, Nupur Sarika, Gomit Chopra, and Mohak Jaswal were produced before Mumbai`s Esplanade Court earlier which remanded them to NCB custody till October 7. 
Today, they were again produced before the court which then remanded them to judicial custody .As per the NCB, eight persons have been booked under Section 8C, 20B, 27 (Punishment for consumption of any narcotic drug or psychotropic substance), 35 (Presumption of culpable mental state) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS Act), 28 and 29.8C of NDPS Act refers to prohibition to produce, manufacture, possess, sell, purchase, transport, warehouse, use, consume, import inter-State, export inter-State, import into India, export from India or tranship any narcotic drug or psychotropic substance while Section 20B deals with punishment for producing, manufacturing, possessing, selling, purchasing, transportation, imports inter-State, exports inter-State or use of cannabis. 

 (Inputs from ANI)