THE Office of the Ombudsman has found ground to file a charge of obstruction of justice before the Sandiganbayan against former presiding Judge Baguinda-Ali Pacalna of the Municipal Trial Court in Balindong, Lanao del Sur.

Without a court order, Pacalna allegedly took custody of a certain Menor Saud who was arrested by the police in 2007 and detained at the Marawi City Jail.

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