Mumbai Oct 27 PTI Merely because he was present on a cruise ship from where drugs were allegedly seized it can not be said that he was in conspiracy with the other accused the special NDPS Act court here has said while granting bail to Avin Sahu Sahu was arrested alongwith actor Shah Rukh Khans on Aryan and others after the Narcotics Control Bureau NCB raided a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast and allegedly seized drugs on October 2 The role attributed to Sahu was different from that attributed to Aryan special judge for cases under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances NDPS Act V V Patil said The court granted bail to Manish Rajgaria and Sahu on Tuesday The detailed order on Sahus plea became available on Wednesday that on Rajgarias plea was yet to be made available Aryan Khans bail plea is being heard by the Bombay High Court after the special court refused him relief earlier As per the NCB Sahu and Rajgaria were among the guests on the cruise ship Special public prosecutor Advait Sethna had contended that all the arrested accused 20 until now were connected to each other and offenses under sections 28 and 29 punishment for abetment and criminal conspiracy of NDPS Act were clearly made out But Sahus lawyer Sana Raees Khanthe argued that her client had been falsely implicated The judge noted in the order that the NCB failed to produce any evidence to show that Sahu was in contact with the other accused He has not disclosed the name of any accused or peddlers he has no connection with drug peddlers the court said The prosecution failed to point out any circumstances to show the nexus of the applicant Sahu with any co-accused to prima facie make out the ingredients of the conspiracy the special court said Merely because applicant was present on the cruise he can not be said to be having acted in conspiracy with co-accused it added The prosecution had contended that the courts reasoning while rejecting the bail applications of Aryan Khan Arbaaz Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha holding that there was an element of conspiracy was applicable here too But the court disagreed There is no evidence against the present applicant in respect of conspiracy Therefore merely because bail applications of co-accused are rejected bail application of the present applicant can not be rejected by applying same analogy the judge said PTI AVI KRK KRK

Mumbai Oct 22 PTI Chats messages and videos recovered from actor Armaan Kolhis mobile phone indicate on the face of it that he was involved in illicit drug trafficking a special court has said while rejecting his bail application The special judge for cases under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances NDPS Act A A Jogelkar rejected the actors bail plea on October 14 The detailed order became available on Friday Kohli was arrested in the last week of August As per the Narcotics Control Bureau NCB 12 grams of MD was recovered from Kohlis house while bigger quantities of drugs were recovered from the co-accused in the case The court held that after examining the material obtained during the probe prima-facie it seemed that Kohli was well-connected with the co-accused pertaining to illicit trafficking of drugs Special prosecutor Advait Sethna had submitted chatsmessages between Kohli and the co-accused along with their bank statements before the court The judge noted that bank transactions corroborated alleged transactions revealed from the chats Kohli failed to explain the purpose of contraband recovered from his house and the financial transactions the court said Contents in the chats and videos also propagate for the indulgence of the applicant in illicit trafficking prima-facie and therefore the prosecution seems to have invoked section 27A of the NDPS Act against the applicantaccused the judge said Section 27 A is about punishment for financing illicit traffic and harbouring offenders Investigation was at a nascent stage the court observed while rejecting the bail plea PTI AVI KRK KRK KRK