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P/Chief Superintendent Roberto L. Calinisan, etc., et al. Vs. SPO2 Reynaldo L. Roaquin

P/CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT ROBERTO L. CALINISAN, Regional Director, Police Regional Office III, Camp Olivas, San Fernando, Pampanga, and P/CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT REYNALDO M. ACOP, Directorate For Personnel and Records Management, National Headquarters, Philippine National Police, Camp Crame, Quezon City, Petitioners, versus SPO2 REYNALDO ROAQUIN y LADERAS, Respondent

G.R. No. 159588 | 2010-09-15

DECISION


ABAD, J.:

This case is about the right of a discharged police officer to reinstatement, back salaries, allowances, and other benefits after being absolved of a serious crime filed against him before a regular court.

The Facts and the Case

Respondent Reynaldo Roaquin served 16 years with the Philippine Constabulary at Camp Olivas, San Fernando, Pampanga before the Philippine National Police (PNP) absorbed him on January 2, 1991 in line with Republic Act (R.A.) 6975[1] and gave him the rank of a Senior Police Officer II (SPO2).[2]

On April 11, 1991 the government charged Roaquin with murder before the Regional Trial Court...