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PEOPLE Vs. Pablo Mangulabnan, Et Al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. PABLO MANGULABNAN, MAJOR ROLANDO DE GUZMAN, GUIAMIL BARI @ BRAVO, ABDULLAH MASIRI @ GUERRERO, RADZAK ABAS @ JACK ARSAD UGALINGAN @ USTADZ ARSAD, KADIR SOLAIMAN @ MIMANG, GUIARAL ANDANG @ LUCAS, ABDUL MANABILANG @ TING, MINANDANG ALI @ TIKBALANG, PENDA MAGKA @ BUDOY, JOHN DOE @ SUMMY, RICHARD DOE @ KILAB LAWE, BIRU (full name unknown) @ PAQUITO, as principals and ZAINUDIN WARNA @ PURI, RAMPATAN WARNA, KUSAIN WARNA, GUIAMARODIN DEGAN, SUMAEL SALIK, PETER DOE, PAUL DOE and JANE DOE, as accessories-after-the-fact, accused, PABLO MANGULABNAN, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 65864 | 1991-08-16

D E C I S I O N


PARAS, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision 1 of the then Court of First Instance of Cotabato, Cotabato City in Criminal Case No. 860 (778) which convicted herein appellants Pablo Mangulabnan, Arsad Ugalingan, Kadir Solaiman, Abdullah Masiri and Guiamil Bari of the crime of Kidnapping for Ransom with Serious Illegal Detention.

Senior State Prosecutor Tirso D.C. Velasco filed an information for kidnapping for Ransom with Serious Illegal Detention on October 15, 1982 which reads as follows:

"That at about 7:30 in the evening of March 24, 1982 in the City of Cotabato, Philippines, a place within the jurisdiction of...