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Aryan Khan’s Release Now on Saturday morning as Jail Deadline Missed

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan, who was granted bail by the Bombay High Court in a drugs case on Thursday, will be released early on Saturday as the jail’s 5:30 pm deadline for document submission passed on Friday while his legal team made a mad dash to get all bail papers in order in the court. So he will spend another night in jail.

For Aryan Khan to leave Mumbai’s Arthur Road Jail by Friday, a hardcopy of the court order had to be dropped in the “bail box” by 5:30 pm. Prison officials said the papers did not reach on time.

“We won’t give special treatment to anyone. The law is the same for all. The deadline for receiving the bail papers was 5:30 pm. That has passed. He won’t be released today,” a senior jail official told PTI. “The bail box is shut. Any release now will happen only after 10 am tomorrow,” another jail official told NDTV.

Gearing up to welcome home his son, superstar Shah Rukh Khan had left “Mannat” for the Arthur Road Jail at around 3:40 pm. Shah Rukh’s long-time friend and co-star Juhi Chawla stood surety for Aryan Khan and signed the Rs 1 lakh bail bond. Chawla had to stand surety for the Mumbai sessions court to sign Aryan’s release papers that were to be sent to the prison. Coming out after finishing proceedings, Juhi Chawla said in Hindi: “The main thing is, the child will return home now.”

On Friday, the Bombay High Court laid down the guidelines for Aryan Khan’s release. The conditions for bail include: a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh; one or more surety; Khan will not be allowed to leave the country or even Mumbai without the permission of the investigating officer; he should not indulge in activities similar to what he is charged with; should not make any statement to media about the case; attend office of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) every Friday.

 

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