G.R. Nos. 219681-82 - RANULFO C. FELICIANO, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES.

Ruling

WHEREFORE, premises considered, judgment is hereby rendered, as follows: a) In Criminal Case Nos. 28179, the Court finds RANULFO C. FELICIANO and DR. CESAR A. AQUITANIA guilty beyond reasonable doubt of Violation of Section 3(e) of Republic Act No. (R.A.) No. 3019 , as amended, as charged in the Information dated October 25, 2004. Pursuant to the provisions of the Indeterminate Sentence Law , they are hereby sentenced to suffer the penalty of imprisonment of six (6) years and one (1) month as minimum, to ten (10) years as maximum. They shall also suffer perpetual disqualification from public office. -and- b) In Criminal Case Nos. 28180, the Court finds RANULFO C. FELICIANO guilty beyond reasonable doubt of Malversation of Public Funds under Article 217 of the Revised Penal Code , as charged in the Information dated October 25, 2004. Pursuant to the provisions of the Indeterminate Sentence Law , he is hereby sentenced to suffer the penalty of imprisonment often (10) years and one (1) day of prision mayor , as minimum, to eighteen (18) years, eight (8) months and one (1) day of reclusion temporal , as maximum. He is also ordered to pay a fine of Five Hundred Six Thousand Two Hundred Forty-Six Pesos and Twenty-Six Centavos (P506,246.26) equivalent to the public funds misappropriated, and to suffer perpetual special disqualification. Accused Feliciano is also ordered to indemnify the Leyte Metropolitan Water District the aforementioned amount of P506,246.26. SO ORDERED.