‘Give Complete Details Of Criminal Antecedents Of Applicants In Bail Orders’: Allahabad High Court Directs Trial Courts

The Allahabad High Court on directed the Courts below to “give a complete details of the criminal antecedent(s), if any, of the applicant(s)/accused before them or record the fact that there are no criminal antecedent(s) of the said person(s) if there are none.” The Bench of Justice Samit Gopal further observed, “Although the criminal antecedents of the accused are not the sole and decisive factor for decision of bail applications but the same needs to be considered while deciding an application for bail under Section 439 Cr.P.C. as per the legislative mandate of Section 437 Cr.P.C.”