While SC judgement on Mahimananda Mishra Vs State of Orissa played a role in no bail to Aryan Khan, defense counsel today referred to the granting of the first bail to two Odisha youths
Aryan Khan: The Jury is Still Out!
Will the argument by senior advocate Amit Desai today that 'Law is - bail is the rule and jail is an exception" ride off star kid Aryan Khan into the Sunset on Thursday? The Bombay High Court Judge NW Sambre will hear the case tomorrow after 2:30 PM.
As the court assembles today to hear SRK son's bail plea, senior counsel Amit Desai was on his legs. He took off from where exactly senior advocate and former AG Mukul Rohtagi had left.
When during the hearing in the sessions court, ASG Anil Singh had referred to SC judgement on Mahimananda Mishra Vs State of Orissa to argue against granting the bail to Aryan Khan, the defense counsel today referred to the granting of the first bail to two Odisha youths - Manish Rajgharia and Avin Sahu - in the Mumbai Cruise Drug bust case.
The defense counsel today referred to as many as five judgements delivered by the Apex court and other HCs in the country over the years. While one Judgement quoted was on NDPS matter, the others pertain to observations of the top court on the definition of conspiracy and on section 41 of criminal procedure code (power of Police to Arrest without Warrant).
Defense Hypothesis
The arguments before the single bench judge of Bombay HC by the defense counsel for Aryan Khan rested on the following hypotheses.
Odisha Connection
The defense counsel of Aryan Khan today referred to the bail granted to two Odisha youths, despite the seizure of contrabands from them. Counsel Amit Desai said, "Two people from Orissa with an identical reply have been granted bail."
The Reply By Odisha Youths
As per the NCB arrest memo, both the youths were slapped with sections for consumption, possession and conspiracy (section 29). But the same sessions court that denied bail to Aryan Khan granted bail, despite NCBs stout opposition.
Reasons for Bail ---
When senior counsel quoted this judgement, Judge Sambre asked, "Who accompanied them?"
At this Desai, hastened to submit that they are two independent people. But in the Aryan Khan case, Arbaaz and Aryan are connected with each other.
Inference: The above statements show why the conspiracy section stuck with Aryan Khan.
The Evidence
As per the NCB arrest memo, in order to draw the conspiracy hypothesis against Aryan Khan, they had produced the Whatschap chats as evidence. But defense counsel today submitted arguments to discard the digital evidence.
By The Book
As per State Vs Navjot Sandhu, electronic evidence is admissible without a 65B certificate. But the same was overruled by the Kerala court in the PV Vs PK Basheer case.
But the twist was when in the previous case, there has been no suspicion over the authenticity of the electronic evidence, in the second case the electronic evidence produced was not the original electronic evidence.
Jury Still Out?
While the defense counsel tried all elbow room available in the legal corridor to move their argument far and deep, the ASG will make submission tomorrow. As of now, the impression is the Aryan Khan drug bust case is not open and shut.