INQUEST FORM AND

COMPLAINT IN
CRIMINAL CASES
GROUP 3
UBILAS, Loreta
AMBIDA, Shaina Mae PARDO, Mark Jaren
CABBAB, Jesrael James RAMOS, Jonathan
Saribay, Aeron Jay
MADRIAGA, John Cris
INQUEST FORM AND
COMPLAINT IN CRIMINAL CASES
• Introduction
• Rules
• Inquest Form
• Purpose
• Complaint in Criminal Cases
• Importance
 Rules of the Court Rule 112 section 7

• Who are the person to be inquest?

- The person who are arrested without the benefit of warrant of arrest.

Rule 113 section 5 Rules of the Court

• Who can be arrested without the warrant of arrest?
-any private person or peace officer.
• There are some instances in warrantless arrest
• committed
• committing
• about to commit
• escapee
INQUEST FORM
• Inquest- an informal and summary investigation conducted by a
public prosecutor in criminal case involving persons arrested and
detained without the benefit of arrest, issued by the court for the
purpose of determining whether or not the said persons should
remain under custody and correspondingly be charged in court.
Coverage

• All offenses covered under the Revised Penal Code and special laws, rules and
regulations.
• Where respondent is a minor, the inquest investigation shall cover only
offenses punishable by imprisonment of not less than six (6) years and one (1)
day, provided that no inquest investigation shall be conducted unless the child
respondent shall have first undergone the requisite proceedings before the
Local Social Welfare Development Officer pursuant to the Rules on Inquest
With Respect to Children In Conflict With Law.
Date and Time of the Conduct of Inquest
Proceedings
• In Inquest proceedings may be conducted at any time of the week. However,
where inquest falls on a non-working day, Saturday, Sunday, or holiday, and a
prosecutor is not available, the inquest proceedings shall be conducted on the
first day following the arrest (Medina vs. Orozco, Jr. 18 SCRA 1168).
Purpose

• It is issued by the court to determining whether or not the said persons should
remain under custody and correspondingly be charged in court.
 COMPLAINT IN CRIMINAL CASES
• A complaint is a sworn written statement charging a person with an offense, subscribed by
the offended party, any peace officer, or other public officer charged with the enforcement of
the law violated.
Importance
• It is important that those who will be writing the police report will be familiar
with the forms of complaints in criminal cases, its format, and the standard
headings and captions of cases. The familiarization of all these will help him in
his reports, and in any court proceedings. These standard headings and
captions are used in the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, and
Municipal Courts