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Is It Fair To Keep Him In Custody?

By Sunil Garodia
First publised on 2021-10-07 09:26:42

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Sunil Garodia Editor-in-Chief of indiacommentary.com. Current Affairs analyst and political commentator.

Is continued custody of Aryan Khan justified? As his custody ends today, it has been reported that the NCB will seek further custody as it needs to question him regarding links with drug peddlers. But is custodial interrogation really needed in such a case? Considering the fact that the NCB has already held him for a week, has questioned him continuously, alone and maybe with the others arrested with him and has gone through his mobile and noted the contents and further considering the fact that Khan has been cooperating in the investigation, there really is no need to keep him, as well as the others, in custody. The law is clear on this matter: if the accused is cooperating with the investigation, is not likely to abscond, tamper with evidence or threaten witnesses, bail must be granted.

No doubt possessing narcotic substances or having links with drug peddlers with the intention of buying drugs is a crime, Aryan is innocent till proven guilty. The only fact that he was present in the party where drugs were found does not automatically make him guilty. It is the job of NCB to prove his guilt. But for that, it does not need to keep him in custody indefinitely. If it is unable to complete the interrogation to its satisfaction in a week, it might not be able to do so in a month or three months. Further, since Aryan is cooperating, he should be given conditional bail and asked to further cooperate with the agency as and when required. If need be, his passport can be impounded if the court thinks that he might flee, although it is highly unlikely. But further incarceration would be unfair in this case and despite NCB plea, bail should be granted. NCB must stop the grandstanding in this case.