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People of the Philippines Vs. Hon. Basilio R. Gabo, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, represented by Chief State Prosecutor JOVENCITO ZU?O, State Prosecutor GERONIMO SY and Prosecution Attorney IRWIN MARAYA, Petitioners, versus HON. BASILIO R. GABO, in his capacity as Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court of Malolos, Bulacan, Branch II and WILSON CUA TING, EDWARD NGO YAO, WILLY SO TAN and CAROL FERNAN ORTEGA, Respondents.

G.R. No. 161083 | 2010-08-03

D E C I S I O N


PERALTA, J.:

Before this Court is a petition for certiorari[1] under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court, seeking to set aside the July 24, 2003 Decision[2] and October 3, 2003 Resolution[3] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 71985.

The facts of the case, as culled from the petition, are as follows:

On May 14, 2001, around 12:15 a.m., a fire broke out inside the plant of Sanyoware Plastic Products Manufacturing Corporation (Sanyoware) located at Km. 8, McArthur Highway, Lolomboy, Bocaue, Bulacan. The Sanyoware plant had four single-storey buildings, enclosed in concrete walls with steel tresses and galvanized...