MARIA H. PEROL, COMPLAINANT, VS. ARSENIO LUPISAN, JR., RESPONDENT.

Maria H. Perol, a cashier in the D
& G restaurant at North Bay Boulevard,
Navotas, Rizal, in her
verified complaint dated December 27,
1976, charged Arsenio R. Lupisan, Jr., the interpreter in the municipal court of Navotas, Rizal, with immorality
for having allegedly caused her pregnancy.

Lupisan denied the charge.  He explained that his relations with Maria
were platonic and that she had made him the scapegoat for her predicament after
she learned that he is the sole heir of his widowed mother.

At the hearing on October
25, 1977, conducted by the Executive Judge of the Court of First
Instance of Caloocan City, Lupisan
moved for the dismissal of the charge on the ground that he had ceased to be a
court interpreter because his appointment expired on August 11, 1977 and that he was not seeking
re-appointment.

In view of that motion to dismiss, the counsel for Maria H. Perol manifested that she was withdrawing her complaint.

The Investigator in his report recommended that the case be
considered closed.

Under the circumstances, there is no justification for further
proceeding against respondent Lupisan.

WHEREFORE, the complaint is dismissed and this case is
considered closed.

SO ORDERED.

Barredo, (Acting Chairman), Antonio, Concepcion, Jr., and
Guerrero*, JJ., concur.

Fernando and Santos,
JJ., on leave.

* J.
Guerrero was designated to sit in the Second Division.