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BENJAMIN ABEJUELA v. PEOPLE

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2013-07-15
PERLAS-BERNABE, J.
Section 2, Rule 111 of the Rules of Court provides that an acquittal in a criminal case does not bar the private offended party from pursuing a subsequent civil case based on the delict, unless the judgment of acquittal explicitly declares that the act or omission from which the civil liability may arise did not exist.[33] As explained in the case of Abejuela v. People,[34] citing Banal v. Tadeo, Jr.:[35]