Full Text: See https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/63434 G.R. No. 180969, September 11, 2017, NOEL NAVAJA, petitioner, vs. HON. MANUEL A. DE CASTRO or his successor, in his capacity as Presiding Judge of the Municipal Circuit Trial Court of Jagna & Gracia-Hernandez, Jagna, Bohol, and ATTY. EDGAR BORJE, respondents. Ponente : PERLAS-BERNABE, J. Doctrines: Section 1 of PD 1829 defines and penalizes the acts constituting the crime of obstruction of justice, the pertinent portions of which read: Sec. 1. The penalty of prisión correccional in its maximum period, or a fine ranging from 1,000 to 6,000 pesos, or both, shall be imposed upon any person who knowingly or willfully obstructs, impedes, frustrates or delays the apprehension of suspects and the investigation and prosecution of criminal cases by committing any of the following acts: (a) preventing witnesses from testifying in any criminal proceeding or from reporting the commission of an...
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