New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- The Supreme Court has taken a stern view of litigants concealing their criminal antecedents, holding that suppression of such material facts amounts to an abuse of the judicial process and, by itself, warrants outright rejection of a bail plea. Dismissing the bail petition of a murder accused who falsely claimed to have no criminal history, a bench of justices Sanjay Kumar and Alok Aradhe underlined that petitioners who fail to disclose their involvement in other criminal cases deserve no indulgence and are not entitled even to a hearing on merits. "Failure to disclose past antecedents or withholding of information about the criminal cases pending against the petitioner/accused is a ground, in itself, to reject the prayer for grant of bail, as withholding of such relevant information would amount to abuse of process," the bench said. The ruling came while rejecting a special leave petition filed by Firoz @ Farhu, who sought bail in a case involving a murder under Section 302 of the IPC....