Balon Anito, Municipality of Mariveles, Province of Bataan, Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused with deliberate intent did then and there willfully, unlawfully and feloniously motivated with hatred and confederately conspiring and mutually helping one another to attain their united purpose, and without any authority from the Law demolished the house owned by the herein named offended party Mrs.

That on or about 9:30 oclock more or less in the morning of Jat Sitio Porto, Brgy. She thus filed with the Municipal Trial Court (MTC) of Bataan a criminal complaint for malicious mischief against the petitioner and his cohorts: On June 5, 1997, the petitioner, together with Jorge Valeroso, Fernando Operario, Peter Morales and Rolando de Guzman, tore down and demolished Mrs. She spent P12,350 for the huts construction. Julita Castillo, believing that the said lot was owned by her grandparents, constructed a nipa hut thereon. Sometime in April 1997, despite the sign, Mrs. Consequently, the petitioner put up on the said lot a sign which reads No Trespassing, PNB Property to ward off squatters. On August 21, 1996, the Philippine National Bank (PNB) hired the petitioner as caretaker of its lot situated in Porto del Sol Subdivision, Balon Anito, Balanga, Bataan. The petitioner was a former barangay captain of Balon Anito, Balanga, Bataan. The undisputed antecedent facts are as follows: 23672 which affirmed the petitioners conviction for Malicious Mischief. 149718, September 29, 2003, before the Court is a petition for review on certiorari filed by Mario Valeroso seeking to reverse and set aside the Decision of the Court of Appeals dated Septemin CA-G.R. The elements of the crime of malicious mischief are: (1) That the offender deliberately caused damage to the property of another (2) That such act does not constitute arson or other crimes involving destruction (3) That the act of damaging another’s property be committed merely for the sake of damaging it (Taguinod v.

The crime of malicious mischief or commonly called damage to property punishes a person who shall deliberately cause to the property of another any damage (Article 327 of the Revised Penal Code).

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