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NAPOLCOM, NAB, PNP vs Bernabe

NATIONAL POLICE COMMISSION (NAPOLCOM) NATIONAL APPELLATE BOARD (SECOND DIVISION) and PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (PNP), petitioners, vs. POLICE CHIEF INSPECTOR LEONARDO BERNABE, respondent.

G.R. No. 129914 | 2000-05-12

D E C I S I O N


PARDO, J.:

The case before the Court is an appeal from the decision of the Court of Appeals setting aside the decision of the National Appellate Board, National Police Commission affirming the summary dismissal of Police Chief Inspector Leonardo W. Bernabe as ordered by the Chief, Philippine National Police for grave misconduct and conduct unbecoming a police officer. The Court of Appeals ordered respondent reinstated, entitled to payment of his salary and allowances withheld from him by reason of the erroneous dismissal, unless suspended for some other lawful cause.1 [In CA-G.R. SP No. 37993, Austria-Martinez, J.,...