Mumbai Oct 30 PTI A special court here on Saturday granted bail to alleged drug peddler Aachit Kumar and eight others who were arrested by the NCB following a raid on a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast and seizure of drugs Actor Shah Rukh Khans son Aryan who was among those arrested obtained bail from the Bombay High Court two days ago and was released from jail earlier in the day Of 20 persons arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau after the raid on October 2 as many as 14 have got bail so far On Saturday V V Patil special judge for cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances NDPS Act cases granted bail to nine accused The detailed order was not available yet The NCB had claimed that it had arrested Aachit Kumar based on statements of Aryan Khan and Arbaaz Merchant Kumar used to supply drugs to Aryan it had alleged The other accused who got bail during the day were Nupur Satija Gomit Chopra Gopalji Anand Samir Sehgal Manav Singhal Bhaskar Arora Shreyas Nair and Ishmeet Singh They shall attend the NCB office here on every Monday between 100 pm to 400 pm till the filing of charge-sheet the court said The accused must not tamper with evidence or influence witnesses and should cooperate for early conclusion of the trial it said They shall not commit similar offence while on bail the court warned Following requests by their lawyers the court said the accused can be released on cash bail of Rs 50000 each Earlier the special court had allowed bail pleas of Manish Rajgaria and Avin Sahu in the same case It had however refused bail to Aryan Khan Arbaz Merchant and Mummum Dhamecha before that The trio had to move the Bombay High Court to get relief PTI AVI NP KRK KRK

Mumbai Oct 30 PTI A special court here on Saturday granted bail to alleged drug peddler Aachit Kumar and six others arrested in a drugs seizure case in which Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khans son Aryan Khan is one of the accused Special court judge V V Patil hearing cases related to the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances NDPS Act granted bail to the seven accused With this 12 of the 20 arrested accused have got bail in the high-profile case so far Earlier the NDPS court had denied bail to Aryan Khan However the Bombay High Court on Thursday granted bail to him and his two co-accused Arbaaz Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha The NCB had claimed that it had arrested Aachit Kumar based on the statements of Aryan Khan and Arbaaz Merchant The agency has alleged that he used to supply drugs to Aryan Khan The other accused whose bail pleas were allowed by the special court on Saturday are Nupur Satija Gomit Chopra Gopalji Anand Samir Sehgal Manav Singhal and Bhaskar Arora The courts detailed bail order is yet to be made available On October 26 the special court had granted bail to two other accused in the case - Manish Rajgaria and Avin Sahu They were the first ones to get bail in this case On October 2 the NCB had raided the cruise ship and claimed to have seized banned drugs Earlier on Saturday Aryan Khan walked out of the Arthur Road jail in central Mumbai where he was lodged for the last 22 days following his arrest in the case PTI AVI NP NP