G.R. No. 252351 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, VS. XXX, ACCUSED-.DECISION - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, accused XXX of Brgy. xxxxxxxxxxx Quezon is hereby found GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Rape in Criminal Case No. 04-2755, and taking into consideration the age of the victim and his relationship with her, he is hereby sentenced to suffer the penalty of Reclusion Perpetua and for the accused to pay the private complainant P75,000.00 as civil indemnity, P75,000.00 as moral damages and P50,000,00 as exemplary damages; and in Criminal No. 04-2754 for violation of Section 10 (a), Article VI of RA 7610, accused is hereby sentenced applying the Indeterminate Sentence Law, considering the aggravating circumstance of disregarding of the respect due to the offended party on ground of her age, to suffer FOUR (4) YEARS, TWO (2) MONTHS AND ONE (1) DAY OF PRISION CORRECTIONAL as minimum to TEN (10) YEARS AND ONE (1) DAY OF PRISION MAYOR as' maximum and to pay the private complainant moral damages in the amount of P20,000.00, civil indemnity in the amount of F30,000.00 and exemplary damages in the amount of P20,000.00. SO ORDERED.