Aryan Khan Drug Case: Avoid Jail For Small Quantity Users, Send Them To Rehabilitation Centre: Recommends Social Justice Ministry
Ever since Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan has been sent to Arthur Road Jail in the Mumbai cruise drug case, many debates have started in the country. Many people are demanding to legalize the consumption of drugs in small quantities like abroad, while some people are also demanding changes in the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS Act) Act and now a similar demand is made by the Ministry of Social Justice. has also done.
The Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has recommended relaxation in the law to drug users in the country and appealed for a review of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS Act) Act. The Ministry of Social Justice has also given some suggestions in this matter and has recommended to adopt a humane approach to drug users and addicts instead of jail.
A few days ago, the Ministry of Social Justice has sent a recommendation, in which the possession of small quantities of drugs for personal use has been sought to be exempted from the category of crime. For this, the ministry has suggested amendment in the NDPS Act, so that people who use drugs or are dependent on drugs as victims. It has been said in this recommendation that instead of jailing such people, they should be sent to rehabilitation centers, so that they can be reformed.
Actually, in India, consuming intoxicants or keeping them close is a criminal offence. Section 27 of the NDPS Act provides for imprisonment of up to one year or fine up to Rs 20,000 or both for the use of any intoxicating substance or psychotropic substance. This section does not differentiate between drug addicts, first time drug users and simply amateurs. Therefore, there is a demand for amendment in it.
Section 27 of the NDPS Act has been used in many high-profile cases. The arrest of Shahrukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan is also one of such cases. Therefore, the Social Justice Ministry has suggested that the law should bring people caught with drugs only for personal use out of jail sentence and sent them to rehabilitation centres.
Let us inform that after Aryan’s arrest in drug case, keeping him in Arthur Road Jail for more than 20 days and his bail plea being rejected repeatedly, Shahrukh Khan’s fans, celebs, legal experts and socialists are concerned about this matter. Expressing displeasure that when the drugs have not been recovered from Aryan, why is he not being given bail. These questions are also being raised that today while common people are also getting drugs available to drugs and they are consuming drugs indiscriminately. So how will the drug issue be resolved by targeting only celebrities. At the same time, people are also protesting against sending Aryan to jail.
