[G.R. No.

L-30801 March 27, 1974]

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee,

vs.

DOMINGO URAL, accused-appellant.

FACTS:

Policeman Domingo Ural, after he was boxing with Felix Napola on July 31, 1966,
put the latter into fire without the intention of killing him. Napola died on August
25, 1966. The sanitary inspector issued a certificate of death indicating “burn” as
the cause of death.

ISSUE:

Is Ural criminally liable for the death of Napola?

RULING:

Yes. Ural is criminally liable for the death of Napola.

The Revised Penal code provides that he who is the cause of the cause is the cause
of the evil caused.

Hence, Ural is criminally liable as his act towards Napola is identified as the cause
of the latter’s death.