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Arbaz Merchant, Munmun Dhamecha released from Jail

October 31, 2021 15:00 IST
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Arbaz Merchant and Fashion model Munmun Dhamecha, arrested in the drugs-on-cruise case, were released respectively from Arthur Road Jail and Byculla women's jail in Mumbai on Sunday.

IMAGE: Arbaz Merchant released from Arthur Road Jail. Photograph: ANI

Speaking to reporter in Mumbai, Aslam Merchant, father of Arbaz, said, "I am immensely happy, his mother is the happiest person that our son has come home. Our prayers and blessings came true. We'll obey all the bail conditions religiously."

 

The Bombay high court had on Thursday granted bail to Merchant and Dhamecha along with their co-accused Aryan Khan, the son of actor Shah Rukh Khan.

On Friday afternoon, the HC made available its operative order in which it imposed 14 bail conditions on Khan, Merchant and Dhamecha, stipulating their release on a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh each with one or two sureties of the same amount.

The release order of Dhamecha was put in the bail box outside the Byculla jail late Saturday evening, after the bond process was completed.

Dhamecha's advocate Ali Kaashif Khan on Sunday said, "She has been released from the jail after completion of all the legal formalities. We are now going to file an application before the NCB seeking permission to allow her to go Madhya Pradesh, as she hails from there."

Aryan Khan, who was also lodged in the Arthur Road jail following arrest in the case, returned home on Saturday.

The HC had in its detailed order asked Aryan Khan, Merchant and Dhamecha to appear before the NCB's Mumbai office every Friday between 11 am to 2 pm to mark their presence.

On October 2, the NCB had raided the Goa-bound cruise ship off the Mumbai coast and claimed to have seized drugs onboard.

-- with inputs from PTI and ANI

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