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PEOPLE vs Carlito Bawang

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CARLITO BAWANG, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 131942 | 2000-10-05

D E C I S I O N


YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

Incestuous rape, such as that committed by a father against his own daughter is a dastardly and repulsive crime[1] that has no place in our society. Bestial acts of rape perpetrated by fathers against their daughters have, time and again, been condemned by this Court. This case is no different.

For ravishing his daughter who was barely into her teens, Carlito Bawang was charged with Rape in an Information[2] which alleged -

That in the morning on or about the 19th day of September 1995, in the municipality of Siayan, Zamboanga del Norte, within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the said...