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PEOPLE vs Bobby Galigao

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. BOBBY GALIGAO, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 140961-63 | 2003-01-14

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

A woman's cherished chastity is hers alone to surrender of her own free will, and whoever violates that will descends to the level of an odious beast. The act becomes twice repulsive when the outrage is perpetrated on one's own flesh and blood for the culprit is reduced to a level lower than an animal, which yields only to biological impulses, unfettered by social inhibitions when it mates with its own kin. On the other hand, the man who rapes his daughter violates not only her purity and her trust but also the mores of society which he has scornfully defied. By inflicting his bestial instincts on her...