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Merly M. Pagalunan vs. Station Commander Angeles City, et al.

MERLY M. PAGALUNAN, petitioner, vs. STATION COMMANDER ANGELES CITY POLICE STATION; COMMANDER, METRODISCOM PC-INP, ANGELES CITY; AND/OR STATION COMMANDER, BACOLOR POLICE STATION, respondents.

G.R. No. L-57051 | 1985-05-27

D E C I S I O N


FERNANDO, J.:

It was the futile search of petitioner for her husband, Avelino Pagalunan, a member of the police force of Tanay, Rizal, that prompted this application for a writ of habeas corpus. According to her petition, Pagalunan was taken by about ten unidentified armed men in civilian attire while on board his car in front of the Board of Transportation building at Shaw Boulevard, Pasig. 1 There was no warrant of arrest. 2 Acting on information, she went to the National Bureau of Investigation Office, to Angeles and to Bacolor, Pampanga, but her efforts were fruitless. 3 Hence this petition against respondents...