G.R. No. 169084 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, VS. MELANIO DEL CASTILLO Y VARGAS, HERMOGENES DEL CASTILLO Y VARGAS, ARNOLD AVENGOZA Y DOGOS, FELIX AVENGOZA Y DOGOS, RICO DEL CASTILLO Y RAMOS, AND JOVEN DEL CASTILLO Y ABESOLA, ACCUSED-.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

Wherefore, accused Arnold Avengoza, Felix Avengoza, Rico del Castillo, Joven del Castillo and Melanio del Castillo are sentenced in each of the above mentioned criminal cases to suffer the imprisonment of reclusion perpetua together with all the accessory penalties inherent therewith and to pay the costs. With respect to accused Hermogenes del Castillo, considering the presence of mitigating circumstance of voluntary surrender in his favor and further applying the provisions of the Indeterminate Sentence Law, in each of the aforesaid criminal cases, he is hereby sentenced to imprisonment of Fourteen (14) Years, Eight (8) Months and One (1) Day as minimum to Twenty (20) Years of reclusion temporal as maximum together with its inherent accessory penalties. As to the civil aspects of these cases, in Criminal Case No. 10839, all the herein accused are directed to jointly and severally indemnify the heirs of Sabino Guinhawa the amount of P58,510,00 as actual funeral expenses and the sum of P75,000.00 as moral damages. In Criminal Case No. 10840, all the herein accused are directed to indemnify jointly and severally the heirs of Graciano Delgado with the sum of P51,510.00 as actual funeral expenses and P75,000.00 as moral damages. And in Criminal Case No. 10841, all the above-named accused are further directed to indemnify the heirs of Victor Noriega with the sum of P53,395.00 as actual funeral expenses and the amount of P75,000.00 as moral damages. Finally, let accused Hermogenes del Castillo be credited with his preventive imprisonment if he is entitled to any. SO ORDERED.