G.R. No. 202978 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, VS. VICTOR P. PADIT, ACCUSED-.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, IN THE LIGHT OF THE FOREGOING, the court finds accused VICTOR P. PADIT , guilty beyond reasonable doubt, as principal, of the consummated offense of RAPE, as defined and penalized under Art. 335 of the Revised Penal Code, as amended, and hereby convicts him to suffer the penalty of imprisonment of reclusion perpetua and to pay the victim, [AAA], the sum of seventy-five thousand pesos (P75,000.00) as civil indemnity and seventy-five thousand pesos (P75,000.00) as moral damages; with the accessory penalties provided for by law. With costs de oficio . March 3, 2008, Guiuan, Eastern Samar, Philippines. SO ORDERED.