Philippine Supreme Court Resolutions > Year 2007 > April 2007 Resolutions > [G.R. NO. 176830 : April 03, 2007] SATURNINO C. OCAMPO V. HON. EPHREM S. ABANDO, ET AL. :

Quoted hereunder, for your information, is a resolution of the Court En Banc dated April 3, 2007

G.R. No. 176830 - (Saturnino C. Ocampo v. Hon. Ephrem S. Abando, et al.)

After hearing the parties on oral arguments on March 30, 2007 on the following legal issues, to wit:

1. Whether the present recourse is the petitioner's proper remedy;
   
   
2. Assuming that it is, whether the petitioner was denied due process in the conduct of preliminary investigation and the issuance of warrant of arrest against him; and
   
   
3. Whether the charge for rebellion against the petitioner in Criminal Case No. 06-944 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Makati, Branch 150, absorbs the charge for multiple murder in Criminal Case No. H-1581 of the RTC of Hilongos, Leyte, Branch 18, 

the Court, pending resolution of the petition on the merits, RESOLVES to ORDER the PROVISIONAL RELEASE of petitioner Saturnino C. Ocampo upon posting a cash bond of ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (P100,000.00) with the Office of Clerk of Court. Upon proof of Compliance herewith, the Manila Police District which has physical custody of the petitioner pursuant to the warrant of arrest issued in Criminal Case No. H-1581 is hereby DIRECTED to immediately release the petitioner unless he is being detained for some other unlawful cause.

The Court further Resolved to NOTE the letter dated March 29, 2007 of Secretary General Roberto P. Nazareno, informing the Court that a delegation from the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) is coming to Manila on April 18-21, 2007 to conduct an On-Site Mission to acquire detailed information on the cases filed against Representatives Saturnino Ocampo, Crispin Beltran, Joel Virador, Teodoro Casino, Liza Maza and Rafael Mariano.