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P/Insp. Ariel S. Artillero Vs. Orlando C. Casimiro, etc., et al.

P/INSP. ARIEL S. ARTILLERO, PETITIONER, VS. ORLANDO C. CASIMIRO, OVERALL DEPUTY OMBUDSMAN, OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY OMBUDSMAN; BERNABE D. DUSABAN, PROVINCIAL PROSECUTOR, OFFICE OF THE PROVINCIAL PROSECUTOR OF ILOILO; EDITO AGUILLON, BRGY. CAPT., BRGY. LANJAGAN, AJUY, ILOILO, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 190569 | 2012-04-25

SECOND DIVISION


D E C I S I O N

 

SERENO, J.:

 

This case pertains to the criminal charge filed by Private Inspector Ariel S. Artillero (petitioner) against Barangay Captain Edito Aguillon (Aguillon) for violation of Presidential Decree No. (P.D.) 1866[1] as amended by Republic Act No. (R.A.) 8249.

Petitioner is the Chief of Police of the Municipal Station of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Ajuy, Iloilo.[2] According to him, on 6 August 2008, at about 6:45 in the evening, the municipal station received information that successive gun fires had been heard in Barangay Lanjagan, Ajuy Iloilo....