HISTORICAL FACTS: 4 - Caught on Camera

Absolution: On need to compensate for unlawful arrests

India needs a law to make compensation for unlawful arrest a statutory right

The Hindu · May 29, 2022

Mumbai cruise drugs case: Insomnia, stress, pressure at work cited for drug use, says NCB chargesheet

MUMBAI: Coping with insomnia, family issues, loss of a parent, study and work pressure were among the main reasons for taking drugs that some of the accused and others cited in their statements to the NCB as part of the cruise drugs case. The chargesheet was submitted on Friday.

The Times of India · May 29, 2022

Arbaaz told NCB Aryan had advised him not to carry drugs to cruise party

MUMBAI: Actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan had advised his friend Arbaaz Merchant not to carry contraband to the cruise party, the latter said in his statement to the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB).

The Times of India · May 29, 2022

Lower courts cited 'conspiracy' & grave offences; Bombay HC found no basis

MUMBAI: Seven months ago after two lower courts denied him bail-one of them considered the case on merits-it was Bombay high court that found no grounds in the Narcotics Control Bureau action against Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan and released him on bail. The HC order came days after…

The Times of India · May 28, 2022

Case shows if WhatsApp chats are read as proof, context is vital

MUMBAI: The cruise drugs case linked to Aryan Khan has brought into focus the legal acceptability of WhatsApp chats as digital secondary evidence. A few screenshots of chats were shown to the trial court judge by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) to emphasise Aryan Khan's "involvement'' in an alleged international…

The Times of India · May 28, 2022

Mumbai cruise drugs bust case: NCB reviews evidence, drops Aryan Khan from chargesheet

MUMBAI: After a review by a Special Investigation Team (SIT), the Narcotics Control Bureau has dropped its case against actor Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan.

The Times of India · May 28, 2022

Mumbai cruise drugs bust case: Officer checked Aryan Khan's phone chats without seizing it, says SIT

MUMBAI: In an internal report, the NCB's SIT has faulted the investigation process in the drugs case, saying Aryan Khan's mobile phone was "voluntarily handed over by him" but it "was not followed by formal seizure procedure".

The Times of India · May 27, 2022

Aryan Khan may have been falsely implicated in drug case: SIT report

NEW DELHI: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has given a clean chit to Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan, who was arrested in connection with seizure of drugs from some passengers aboard a cruise ship last year and had spent 27 days behind bars.

The Times of India · May 27, 2022

Mumbai cruise case | Action ordered against Sameer Wankhede

Under Mr. Wankhede’s supervision, an NCB team arrested Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan along with others in October 2021

The Hindu · May 27, 2022

Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan's son cleared of drug charges

India's narcotics agency says Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan’s son has been cleared in a drug case involving a party on a luxury cruise ship, with no evidence showing he possessed banned drugs or was involved in trafficking

The Independent UK · May 27, 2022