G.R. No. 173052 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, VS. ROGELIO PELAGIO Y BERMUDO. D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, premises considered, this court finds the accused ROGELIO PELAGIO Y BERMUDO GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Rape, defined and penalized under Article 335 of the Revised Penal Code, as amended by Republic Act 7659 in Criminal Cases Nos. 98-7037, 98-7038 and 98-7142, and hereby sentences the said accused to suffer the penalty of DEATH for each of the offense committed; accused Rogelio Pelagio y Bermudo is hereby ordered to pay the victim AAA the sum of P50,000.00 for each of the offense committed, by way of moral damages. To serve as a deterrent and a warning to fathers who [sic] may have bestial desire against their children, the accused is also ordered to pay the sum of P75,000.00 by way of exemplary damages; and for destroying the future of a daughter who was a consistent honor student when the incident happened, now could only pass her subjects due to her harrowing and traumatic experience in the hands of her father, the latter is further ordered to pay the victim the total sum of P300,000.00 for the three (3) offenses committed by way of consequential damages to help her secure a brighter future, and to pay the costs. SO ORDERED.