G.R. No. 229836 - THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, VS. XXXXXXXXXXX, ACCUSED-.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE , FOR ALL THE FOREGOING CONSIDERATIONS, this Court finds accused xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx GUILTY of two (2) counts of statutory rape under Criminal Cases (sic) No. DNO-3393 and DNO-3394 and hereby sentences him to suffer the penalty of RECLUSION PERPETUA under paragraph 3, Article 335 of the Revised Penal Code, as amended by R.A. 7659 for each of the two (2) counts of rape committed. The accused is hereby directed to pay the victim the amount of P50,000.00 as civil indemnity ex delicto and the amount of P50,000.00 as moral damages, conformably to current jurisprudence for each of the two (2) crimes of rape committed. For lack of proof beyond reasonable doubt, accused xxxxxxxxxxx is hereby ACQUITTED of the charges against him in Criminal Cases (sic) No. DNO-3395 through DNO-3445. SO ORDERED.