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Atty Salome Canas vs Hon Lerio Castigador and Prosecutor Maranan

ATTY. SALOME D. CANAS, petitioner, vs. HON. LERIO C. CASTIGADOR (in his capacity as Municipal Trial Court Judge of the Municipality of General Trias, Province of Cavite) and PROSECUTOR ONOFRE M. MARANAN (in his capacity as Municipal Trial Court Prosecutor of General Trias, Cavite), as well as any other officer of the law (in relation to an application for a Temporary Restraining Order/Writ of Preliminary Injunction), respondents.

G.R. No. 139844 | 2000-12-15

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

For alleged failure to comply with orders requiring the surrender of a vehicle involved in Criminal Case No. 3890, petitioner was cited for indirect contempt, fined One Hundred Pesos (P100.00) and ordered imprisoned for thirty (30) days by respondent judge. In a special civil action for certiorari, docketed as CA-G.R. SP No. 43045, the orders of respondent judge was sustained by the Seventh Division1 Per Associate Justice B.A. Adefuin-De La Cruz, ponente, with Associate Justices Fermin A. Martin, Jr. and Presbitero J. Velasco, concurring. 1 of the appellate court.

The antecedent facts are matters of...