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Disclosure of criminal past must for filing bail petitions, says SC

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has made it mandatory for all petitioners filing bail and anticipatory bail petitions to disclose their criminal antecedents upfront, stating that the court was “taken for a ride” in several cases due to the concealment of such information.

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A bench of justices Dipankar Datta and Manmohan said a growing tendency was observed where individuals approach the court for bail or protection from arrest without revealing their involvement in other criminal cases. Often, such disclosures come only after notices have been issued to the state and interim relief secured, it noted.

“A growing trend is being noticed of individuals, seeking from this court the concession of bail or concession of protection from arrest, not disclosing in the special leave petitions their involvement in other criminal cases… 

The result is that this court, being the apex court of the country, is being taken for a ride. This court has shown leniency in the past but we think it is time that such state of affairs is not allowed to continue further,” the bench said in its April 3 order, adding that non-disclosure or suppression of material facts could itself be a ground for dismissal of the petition.

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