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Bocobo vs. Estanislao 72 SCRA 520

FRANCISCO Q. BOCOBO, petitioner, vs. VICENTE M. ESTANISLAO, Municipal Judge of Balanga, Bataan; and JESUS MATIC, respondents.

G.R. No. L-30458 | 1976-08-31

D E C I S I O N 

FERNANDO, J: 

It is the assumption of jurisdiction over a criminal case for libel by respondent Municipal Judge Vicente Estanislao 1 of Balanga, Bataan, that is assailed in this certiorari and prohibition proceeding. The merit of the petition is apparent if there be deference, as should be the case, to the ruling in Jalandoni v. Endaya. 2 There was, according to the petition, a criminal complaint for libel filed by private respondent with the Municipal Court of Balanga, Bataan, against petitioner, docketed as Criminal Case No. 1575. 3 Pursuant to such criminal complaint, respondent Judge conducted a preliminary...