Juhi Chawla signs Rs1 lakh bond for Aryan Khan's bail

New Delhi, Oct 29: Actor Juhi Chawla has signed the Rs 1 lakh surety bond for Aryan Khan's release from Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai drugs-on-cruise case.

"Juhi Chawla has been accepted as surety by the court. Bail formalities are being completed. Once the bonds are signed, they will directly go from the court to jail," said Satish Manshinde, Aryan Khan's lawyer.

The signing of the surety bond was crucial for the court to send release papers to Mumbai's Arthur Road jail, where Aryan Khan spent almost three weeks.

After signing the documents, the actress told reporters afterwards that it's a big relief for everybody, now that everything's over. "The main thing is - ab bas bachcha ghar aajayega (Aryan will return home) It's a big relief," she said.

Juhi was one of Shah Rukh Khan's earliest co-stars and the pair have shared screen space in several films like Yes Boss, Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani, Darr, Duplicate and Bhoothnath to name a few. Moreover, they are professionally associated too as they later became co-owners of the IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders.

Meanwhile, Aryan will have to spend another night in jail as his bail papers missed the deadline today. The hard copy of the release order had to be dropped in the "bail box" at Mumbai's Arthur Road before 5.30 pm for him to leave jail this evening. However, the jail officials have stated that the papers did not reach them on time.

An official was quoted by PTI as saying, "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."

Aryan Khan, Merchant and Dhamecha were arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on October 3 and were booked under the relevant sections of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS) for possession, consumption, sale/purchase of banned drugs and conspiracy and abetment to commit an offence.