Parusa sa kasong robbery

ni Atty. Persida Rueda-Acosta @Magtanong Kay Attorney Pebrero 20, 2024

Dear Chief Acosta,

Habang naglalakad ako sa eskinita ay may lumapit sa akin na lalaki at tinutukan ako ng baril sa tagiliran. Binulungan niya ako na huwag sumigaw, at dali-dali niyang kinuha ang cellphone ko at tumakbo palayo. Ano ang maaari kong ikaso sa lalaking kumuha ng aking cellphone? -- Ricky

Dear Ricky, 

Para sa iyong kaalaman, mayroong batas na nakasasaklaw sa iyong katanungan. Ayon sa Article 293 kaugnay ng Article 294 ng ating Revised Penal Code:

Article 293. Who are guilty of robbery. - Any person who, with intent to gain, shall take any personal property belonging to another, by means of violence or intimidation of any person, or using force upon anything shall be guilty of robbery.

Article 294. Robbery with violence against or intimidation of persons; Penalties. - Any person guilty of robbery with the use of violence against or intimidation of any person shall suffer:

1. The penalty of reclusion perpetua to death, when by reason or on occasion of the robbery, the crime of homicide shall have been committed.

2. The penalty of reclusion temporal in its medium period to reclusion perpetua when the robbery shall have been accompanied by rape or intentional mutilation, or if by reason or on occasion of such robbery, any of the physical injuries penalized in subdivision 1 of Article 263 shall have been inflicted; Provided, however, that when the robbery accompanied with rape is committed with a use of a deadly weapon or by two or more persons, the penalty shall be reclusion perpetua to death (As amended by PD No. 767).

3. The penalty of reclusion temporal, when by reason or on occasion of the robbery, any of the physical injuries penalized in subdivision 2 of the article mentioned in the next preceding paragraph, shall have been inflicted.

4. The penalty of prision mayor in its maximum period to reclusion temporal in its medium period, if the violence or intimidation employed in the commission of the robbery shall have been carried to a degree clearly unnecessary for the commission of the crime, or when the course of its execution, the offender shall have inflicted upon any person not responsible for its commission any of the physical injuries covered by sub-divisions 3 and 4 of said Article 23.

5. The penalty of prision correccional in its maximum period to prision mayor in its medium period in other cases. (As amended by R. A. 18).

Sang-ayon sa nabanggit na batas, ang sinumang tao na may layuning makakuha ng anumang personal na bagay na pag-aari ng iba, sa pamamagitan ng karahasan o pananakot, ay maaaring managot sa kasong robbery by means of violence or intimidation of persons. Nakasaad din sa nabanggit na batas ang iba’t ibang uri ng kaparusahan, depende sa magiging epekto ng komisyon ng naturang robbery. 

Pasok sa mga elemento ng krimeng robbery by means of violence or intimidation of persons ang iyong naging karanasan sapagkat sa aktong ito: 1) mayroong pagkuha ng personal na ari-arian tulad ng iyong cellphone; 2) ang kinuhang cellphone ay sa iyo; 3) ang pagkuha ng iyong cellphone ay may intensyong makinabang; at 4) ang pagkuha sa iyong cellphone ay ginawa nang may karahasan o pananakot dahil tinutukan ka ng baril sa tagiliran. 

Nawa ay nasagot namin ang iyong mga katanungan.  Nais naming ipaalala sa iyo na ang opinyon na ito ay nakabase sa mga naisalaysay sa inyong liham at sa pagkakaintindi namin dito. Maaaring maiba ang aming opinyon kung mayroong karagdagang impormasyon na ibibigay.  Mas mainam kung personal kang sasangguni sa isang abogado.

Maraming salamat sa iyong patuloy na pagtitiwala.