G.R. No. 133006 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, VS. JOHN ISNANI Y ILINGAN AND SPO1 FREDINEL YAMUTA Y REMOTO, ACCUSED,SPO1 FREDINEL YAMUTA Y REMOTO.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, in view of all the foregoing, this Court finds the accused SPO1 FREDINEL YAMUTA y REMOTO guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the offense of Violation of Section 15, Article III in relation to Section 21, Article IV of R.A. 6425, otherwise known as the Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972, as amended, and hereby sentences him to suffer the penalty of RECLUSION PERPETUA and to pay a fine of Five Hundred Thousand (P500,000.00) Pesos. The bailbond in the form of cash money, posted for the provisional liberty of the said accused is cancelled and he is hereby ordered committed to prison immediately. Upon the commitment of the accused Yamuta to prison, the bondsman, PO3 Ronaldo L. Remoto may withdraw the official receipt evidencing the deposit of the amount of the bond, upon signing a proper receipt for the same. The two (2) heat-sealed plastic sachets containing the regulated drug known as Methamphetamine Hydrochloride (shabu) and introduced in evidence in this case, are hereby ordered confiscated and upon the finality of this decision, the Officer-in-Charge of this Court is directed to turn over the same to the proper authorities for disposition. Further, the Five Hundred Peso Bill used by the NARCOM agents in the buy-best operation which to the filing of this case is ordered return to the NARCOM agents upon the signing of a proper receipt for it by either Bonifacio Morados or Nur Saradi or by any other duly authorized NARCOM agent of the same unit. SO ORDERED.