G.R. No. 230981 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, VS. XXX* ACCUSED-.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, the foregoing premises considered judgment is hereby rendered finding the accused [XXX]; 1). GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of CHILD ABUSE as defined and penalized under Section 5(b), Article III, Republic Act No. 7610 in F.C. Criminal Case No. 2011-440 and he is hereby sentenced to suffer the indeterminate sentence of Fourteen (14) years, Eight (8) months and One (1) day of reclusion temporal, as minimum, to Seventeen (17) years, Four (4) months and One (1) day of reclusion temporal, as maximum . He is also ordered to pay "AAA" the amount of Fifty Thousand Pesos (P50,000.00) as civil indemnity and Fifty Thousand Pesos (P50,000.00) as moral damages. Pursuant to prevailing jurisprudence, the accused is also ordered to pay the amount of Thirty Thousand Pesos (P30,000.00) as exemplary damages. 2). GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of rape as defined and penalized under Article 266-A, Par. 1 of the Revised Penal Code in F.C. Criminal Case No. 2011-441 and he is hereby sentenced to suffer the imprisonment of reclusion perpetua , without eligibility for parole. He is also ordered to pay "AAA" P75,000.00 as civil indemnity, P75,000.00 as moral damages and P30,000.00 as exemplary damages. The accused is likewise ordered to pay "AAA" interest at the legal rate of six percent (6%) per annum in all the amounts of damages awarded, reckoned from the date of finality of this decision until fully paid. SO ORDERED.