THIRD DIVISION
[G.R. No. 251693. March 12, 2020.]
JODY C. SALAS, EX REL PERSON DEPRIVED OF LIBERTY (PDL) RODOLFO C. SALAS, petitioner, vs.HON. THELMA BUNYI-MEDINA, PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF THE CITY OF MANILA, BRANCH 32, JCINSP. LLOYD GONZAGA, WARDEN OF THE MANILA CITY JAIL ANNEX, AND ALL THOSE TAKING ORDERS, INSTRUCTIONS, AND DIRECTIONS FROM HIM, respondents.
NOTICE
Sirs/Mesdames :
Please take notice that the Court, Third Division, issued a Resolution datedMarch 12, 2020, which reads as follows:
"G.R. No. 251693 — (JODY C. SALAS, ex rel Person Deprived of Liberty (PDL) RODOLFO C. SALAS, petitioner, v. HON. THELMA BUNYI-MEDINA, Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court of the City of Manila, Branch 32, JCINSP. LLOYD GONZAGA, Warden of the Manila City Jail Annex, and all those taking orders, instructions, and directions from him, respondents). — For immediate resolution before the Court are: (1) petitioner's application for the issuance of a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) and/or Writ of Preliminary Injunction (WPI), seeking to enjoin the proceedings before Branch 32 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Manila in Criminal Case Nos. 08-262163 (formerly H-1581) and 14-306533 to 14-306546; 1 and (2) petitioner's alternative prayer for bail to be granted in favor of his father, Rodolfo C. Salas. HTcADC
In a similar case pending in the Regional Trial Court, bail was granted to Saturnino Ocampo in G.R. No. 176830. 2
Acting on these prayers and without prejudice to the final resolution in this case, the Court resolves to:
1. DENY petitioner's application for the issuance of a Temporary Restraining Order and/or Writ of Preliminary Injunction for lack of merit;
2. GRANT petitioner's alternative application for bail; and
3. ORDER the provisional release of RODOLFO C. SALAS in Criminal Case Nos. 08-262163 (formerly H-1581) and 14-306533 to 14-306546 upon posting of a cash bond of Two Hundred Thousand Pesos (P200,000.00) in the Regional Trial Court of Manila, unless he is being detained for some other lawful cause. CAIHTE
SO ORDERED."
Very truly yours,
(SGD.) MISAEL DOMINGO C. BATTUNG IIIDivision Clerk of Court
Footnotes
1.Rollo, pp. 9-28.
2. 726 Phil. 441, 454 (2014).