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Joel & Evangeline Almeron vs. Judge Sardido

JOEL ALMERON and EVANGELINE ALMERON, complainants, vs. JUDGE AGUSTIN T. SARDIDO, Municipal Trial Court, Koronadal, South Cotabato, respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-97-1142 / OCA-IPI No. 96-221-MTJ | 1997-11-06

D E C I S I O N

BELLOSILLO:

JOEL ALMERON and his wife EVANGELINE in a letter complaint dated 18 October 1996 alleged that their twelve-year old daughter Jojielyn was raped sometime in April and again in September 1996 by one Wilfredo Pino. As a result, two (2) criminal complaints for rape were filed with the Municipal Trial Court (MTC) of Koronadal, South Cotabato, presided over by respondent Judge Agustin T. Sardido. 1 However, without conducting a hearing and without forwarding the records to the Office of the Public Prosecutor, respondent Judge granted bail to the accused in the amount of P200,000.00 for each count of rape. The amount...