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FELINA ROSALDES, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

FELINA ROSALDES, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 173988 | 2014-10-08

FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N

BERSAMIN, J.:

The petitioner, a public schoolteacher, was charged with and found guilty of child abuse, a violation of Republic Act No. 7610.1 The victim was her own Grade 1 pupil whom she physically maltreated for having accidentally bumped her knee while she was drowsing off on a bamboo sofa as he entered the classroom. Her maltreatment left him with physical injuries, as duly certified by a physician.
 
Whether or not the petitioner thereby committed child abuse is the question that this appeal must determine, in light of the Court's pronouncement in Bongalon v. People of the Philippines2...