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Villegas, Ricarte B. vs. Ramon Montano, et al.

RICARTE VILLEGAS y BORROMEO, petitioner, vs. COLONEL RAMON MONTA?O, Commander, Special Operations Group, Camp Crame, Quezon City and INSPECTOR JORGE C. MERCADO, Chief Investigation Agent Special Operations Group, Camp Crame, Quezon City, respondents.

G.R. No. L-59962 | 1982-09-21

D E C I S I O N


FERNANDO, J.:

The principal allegation in this application for the writ of habeas corpus filed on March 20, 1982 is the absence of any legal justification for the restraint of his liberty, described in the language of the petition, thus: "Petitioner, Ricarte Villegas y Borromeo was arrested at about 11:30 in the evening of March 8, 1982 by four (4) men of the Special Operations Group under the command of respondents Col. Ramon Montaño and Inspector Jorge C. Mercado, on the basis of a xerox warrant of arrest issued by the Court of First Instance of Naval, Leyte, on May 28, 1981 and certified by the Deputy Sheriff...