De la Camara vs.

Enage Facts: Mayor de la Camara was arrested and detained at the Provincial Jail of Agusan, for his alleged participation in the killing of fourteen and the wounding of twelve other laborers of the Tirador Logging Co. 18 days later, the Provincial Fiscal of Agusan filed cases of multiple frustrated murder and for multiple murder against petitioner, his co-accused Tagunan and Galgo. On January 14, 1969 an application for bail was filed by petitioner which was granted and the amount was fixed at the excessive amount of P1,195,200.00. ISSUE: WON the amount of the bailbond is excessive HELD: Where the right to bail exists, it should not be rendered nugatory by requiring a sum that is excessive. So the Constitution commands. If there were no such prohibition, the right to bail becomes meaningless. Nothing can be clearer, therefore, than that the amount of P1,195,200.00 is clearly violative of this constitutional provision under the circumstances.