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Antonio Marinas, et al. Vs. Andres S. Siochi, et al.

ANTONIO MARINAS, ANTONIO MONTANO and GREGORIO RUPISAN, petitioners, vs. HON. ANDRES S. SIOCHI, Presiding Judge of the Municipal Court of Pasig, Rizal, VICTORIA LASIN VDA. DE ATIENZA and ROSARIO L. ATIENZA, respondents.

G.R. No. L-25707 & G.R. No. L-25707 & 25753-25754 | 1981-05-14

D E C I S I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J:

Before us is a Petition for Certiorari with Preliminary Injunction seeking to annul the proceedings held in Criminal Cases Nos. 12943 and 12945 for Theft, and Criminal Case No. 12944 for Grave Coercion, before the Municipal Court of Pasig, Rizal; to annul the warrants of arrest issued in the said cases; and to declare as unconstitutional and void Section 5, Rule 112 of the Rules of Court in so far as it denies the accused the right of notice and opportunity to be heard in the preliminary examination.

The present controversy arose out of the issuance by the Municipal Court of Pasig, Rizal, of a Writ of...