G.R. No. 143718 - THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, vs. HAIRATUL JUBAIL y KILIH alias “SHAIRA JUBAIL y AHARUL” and RUAINA NURUDDIN y MOHAMMAD alias “RUAI NURUDDIN y HARIN” (Acquitted), accused, HAIRATUL JUBAIL y KILIH.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

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WHEREFORE, the Court finds accused HAIRATUL JUBAIL y KILIH alias SHAIRA JUBAIL y AHARUL GUILTY BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT of the crime of Violation of Section 15, Article III in relation to Section 21 (b), Article IV of Republic Act No. 6425, otherwise known as the Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972, as amended, and SENTENCES said accused to suffer the penalty of RECLUSION PERPETUA and its accessory penalties, to pay the fine of FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND ( P500,000.00 ), and to pay the costs. In the service of her sentence she shall be credited with the full period under which she was under preventive imprisonment. On ground of reasonable doubt, the court finds accused RUAINA NURUDDIN y MOHAMMAD alias RUAI NURUDDIN y HARIN NOT GUILTY and hereby ACQUITS her of the crime charged with costs de officio. She is ordered immediately released from custody unless there is another valid ground to keep her under further detention. The 298.2 grams of Methamphetamine Hydrochloride or shabu (Exh. I ) is ordered to be turned over under receipt to the Dangerous Drugs Board thru the National Bureau of Investigation ( NBI ) in Zamboanga City, upon finality of the decision, for disposition in accordance with law. The buy-bust money in the amount of P1,800.00 shall be returned under receipt to the 2nd Zamboanga City Mobile Group, PNP, after the finality of the decision. SO ORDERED.