PARVEEN TANEJA vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI

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$~11 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 4th February, 2026 Uploaded on: 6th February, 2026. + CRL.A. 251/2025 PARVEEN TANEJA .....Appellant Through: Mr. Sudarshan Rajan (DHCLSC), Mr. Hitain Bajaj, Advs. versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Ritesh Kumar Bahri, APP with Ms. Divya Yadav and Mr. Lalit Luthra, Advs. with Dr. R.S. Gupta SI Satish Chandra CORAM: JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH JUSTICE MADHU JAIN Prathiba M. Singh, J. (Oral) 1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode. CRL.A. 251/2025 2. On the last date of hearing i.e., 12th January, 2026, this Court had referred to the orders passed by the Supreme Court in ‘Kaushal Singh vs. The State of Rajasthan’ 2025 SCC OnLine SC 1473, as also in Criminal Appeal No. 632/2022 titled ‘Jagjeet Singh & Ors. v. Ashish Mishra @ Monu & Anr., wherein the Court had considered that the details of criminal antecedents of the persons seeking bail are required to be furnished. In the said context, this Court has observed as under: “10. When convicts are seeking suspension of sentence/bail, repeatedly, adjournments are being sought, as the information concerning criminal antecedents is not readily available. Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed CRL.A. 251/2025 Page 1 of 13 By:RAHUL Signing Date:06.02.2026 15:19:32 This Court is, prima facie, of the view that such delay caused by lack of aforesaid information can be avoided in two ways: i) Mandatory Disclosure of Criminal Antecedents by Applicants along with suspension of sentence application: By directing that the Appellants who preferred the application for suspension of sentence/interim bail ought to file the affidavit disclosing particulars of past involvements and criminal antecedents of Appellant along with the said application itse