The main legal point established in the judgment is the grant of interim bail based on the non-receipt of the FSL report, supported by relevant case law.

MAHABIR SINGH SINDHU, J.

1. This petition for grant of regular bail has been filed by petitioner – Neeraj an accused in FIR No.222 dated 4.3.2018 for offence under Sections 22 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 ('NDPS' – for short) registered with Police Station City Thasar, District Kurukshetra.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner confines his prayer for granting interim bail to the petitioner for the reason that the report from Chemical Examiner has not been received so far.

3. The above factual aspect of the matter regarding FSL report has not been disputed by learned State counsel.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has cited the Division Bench judgment of this Court i.e. Inderjeet Singh @ Laddi and others Versus State of Punjab, 2014(3) RCR (Criminal) 953 in support of his contention that in such an eventuality interim bail is to be granted to the accused.

5. Under the above circumstances and keeping in view the ratio of the above judgment, the petitioner be released on interim bail till the receipt of FSL report subject to the satisfaction of learned trial Court/Duty Magistrate concerned. It is clarified that the interim bail will come to an end automatically, the moment report from Chemical Examiner is received in the learned trial Court and the petitioner would surrender before the learned Trial Court forthwith.

6. Petition is disposed off in the above terms.