SRK’S son Aryan Khan unlikely to get bail today, hearings likely to continue for 3-4 days, will get bail next week?

MUMBAI: Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan is unlikely to get bail today, as the NCB will insist on all the bail applications of the accused to be heard and argued together.

Additionally, there is a long weekend holiday, as Dussehra is on Friday, 15th October and the courts are likely to be closed on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

The Narcotics Control Bureau is against singling out and separating Aryan Khan and his individual case as that would give him a big benefit. The other accused were nabbed with larger quantities of drugs and it makes it difficult for them to get bail.

As long as Aryan Khan’s case is clubbed with the other 3-4 accused, basically his friends who were also caught red-handed along with him, but in clear possession of larger quantities of drugs, it becomes more difficult for Aryan to secure bail and this is exactly what the NCB wants.

By the time, the arguments and counter arguments of all 3-4 accused are completed, it will take at least 3 to 4 working days. Then the court will dictate the orders. Put all this together and it would need 6 to 7 working days. It also depends on how busy the courts are and how many other matters are listed on board. It depends, if the court takes a humane and lenient view as most accused are first time offenders, they could be out by next Monday or Tuesday.

However, if the court is prosecution-oriented and takes up a harsh stance, Aryan Khan could be behind bars at the Arthur Road for a good 10 to 15 days.

There is also a remote possibility that the court could reject his bail, forcing Shahrukh Khan to move the Bombay High Court to secure bail for his son. This process could take a good 20 days and with the Diwali vacations coming in, Aryan Khan may have to spend both Dussehra and Diwali behind bars. At the earliest, Aryan Khan could be free and out of jail within 5 to 7 days, or the worst would mean 20 to 25 days. It all depends on the evidence and arguments presented by the NCB and the view taken by the courts – lenient or harsh.