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Rico is charged with robbery in an information filed in the Regional Trial Court of City Lumina, Branch 8. The offense is alleged to have been committed in City Nova. The accused is presently detained in City Quattro. A petition for bail is to be filed. (a) Identify the proper court where the petition for bail should be filed and justify your answer. (b) If Rico instead files the bail petition in a trial court in City Quattro, what is the legal consequence and what remedy is available? (c) If the case is later transferred from City Lumina to City Nova, how does that affect the proper venue for filing the bail petition?