Nothing objectionable in Aryan Khan's WhatsApp chats; no evidence of conspiracy in NCB …

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court has said there was “nothing objectionable” in the WhatsApp chats extracted from Aryan Khan’s phone as part of the probe in the high-profile Mumbai cruise drugs case. In its order following the grant of bail to Aryan and others, the court said: “Merely because of Applicants were travelling on the cruise, that by itself cannot be termed as satisfying foundation for invoking provisions of Section 29 (conspiracy) against the Applicants – Aryan Khan, Arbaaz Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha.” Justice Nitin Sambre said, “After having gone through the Whatsapp chats extracted from (Aryan Khan’s) phone, nothing objectionable could be noticed to suggest that – he and Arbaaz – or all three applicants along with other accused persons in agreement have meeting of minds and have hatched conspiracy committing the offence in question.” The fact that Aryan Khan was not found in possession of any objectionable substance is not in dispute, the court said in its 14-page order. The court said that the “quantity of drugs which was seized from the possession of (Arbaaz and Munmun), if independently considered, is a small quantity, is not disputed fact.” The NCB had arrested the trio on October 3 following…
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