G.R. No. 210192 - ROSALINDA S. KHITRI AND FERNANDO S. KHITRI, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES.DECISION - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, premises considered, the Court finds [the petitioners], GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Estafa punishable under Article 315 , paragraph 1 (b) of the [RPC] . Consequently, [the petitioners] are sentenced to suffer the indeterminate prison term of four (4) years and two (2) months of Prision Correcional maximum as MINIMUM to twenty (20) years of Reclusion Temporal as MAXIMUM. Moreover, this Court hereby orders [the petitioners] to reimburse private complainants the sum of x x x FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (Php400,000.00), plus interest of twelve percent (12%) per annum, from January 21, 1991, until fully paid, as actual damages, and ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (Php100,000.00), as litigation expenses and attorney[']s fees. SO ORDERED.