1. Petitioner Nadeem Amjad was booked -in case FIR No. 123 dated 26.7.2016 registered under Sections 23, 27 of Drugs Act, 1976 at Police Station Harram Gate, Multan on the report of Usman Ghani, Drug Inspector, Mumtazabad, Multan for keeping spurious medicines in his medical store known as M/s. Care and Cure Pharmacy situated at Shadman Road, Multan.
2. 2.Heard. Record perused.
3. 3.Admittedly the offence with which the petitioner has been charged entails punishment up to five years not falling within the prohibitory clause of Section 497, Cr.P.C. The sample parcels of recovered medicines sent to the office of Government Analyst, Multan were found of standard quality. So, in presence of positive report of Chemical Analyst of Drug Testing Laboratory, Punjab, Multan guilt of the petitioner requires farther probe and his case calls for further inquiry. During investigation neither present petitioner was found owner of the shop nor was any license for selling medicines/drugs issued in his name. In the circumstances, status of present petitioner is to be determined by the trial Court after recording of evidence. At this stage petitioner has made out a case for the grant of post arrest bail.
4. 4.For the reasons recorded above, we are inclined to allow to this petition and the petitioner is directed to be released on bail subject to his furnishing bail bonds in the sum of Rs. 1,00,000/- with one surely in the like amount to the satisfaction of the trial Court.