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Belfast Surety and Insurance Co., Inc., et al. vs. PEOPLE, et al.

BELFAST SURETY AND INSURANCE COMPANY, INC., thru its Vice-President and General Manager MAURO T. ALLARDE, petitioners, vs. THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, and THE HON. PEDRO N. LAGGUI, Presiding Judge, Circuit Criminal Court, Fifth Judicial District, San Fernando, Pampanga, respondents.

G.R. No. L-47309 | 1982-01-30

D E C I S I O N


CONCEPCION JR., J.:

This is a petition for certiorari and prohibition, with a prayer for the issuance of a writ of preliminary injunction premised upon the following facts:

Sometime on April 7, 1975, an information was filed with the Circuit Criminal Court of San Fernando, Pampanga, charging the accused Allan Pangilinan, Angelito Pangilinan, Reynaldo Tiotuico, and Lauriano Tiamzon with the crime of murder, docketed therein as Criminal Case No. CCC-V-1142.

All the accused posted their bail bonds for their provisional liberty. The petitioner Belfast Surety and Insurance Co., Inc., executed the bail bond for the accused...