G.R. No. 119722 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, VS. NEMESIO V. GANAN, JR., HARLEY S. FABICON, ACCUSED-, DELMAR ALUBOG, ACCUSED.

Ruling

WHEREFORE, this Court finds the accused (1) NEMESIO V. GANAN, JR., (2) DELMAR ALUBOG, and (3) HARLEY S. FABICON GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of KIDNAPPING under the Amended Information, dated February 12, 1992, and sentences each of them to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua, with the accessory penalties of the law. "These three (3) accused, jointly and severally, are ORDERED to pay Mrs. Liwanag Gadon Leaño, Sr. the sums of P20,000.00 by way of actual damages and P150,000.00 by way of moral damages; the heirs of the deceased Salvador F. Leaño, Sr. the sum of P50,000.00 by way of civil indemnity for his death, without subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency, and to pay the costs. "The bail bonds of the three (3) accused are ORDERED CANCELLED and all said accused are ORDERED immediately confined in jail. "The period of preventive imprisonment the accused had undergone shall be credited in their favor to its full extent pursuant to Article 29 of the Revised Penal Code. "The case against co-accused VIRGILIO G. GANAN and the five (5) other co-accused who are at large is ORDERED ARCHIVED pending their arrest or surrender. "SO ORDERED.