( 1 ) THIS Rule was issued on apposite party No. 1, D. C. Ghatak, Assistant Factory Manager, Messrs. Jay Shree Textiles Ltd. , and opposite party No. 2 Shri Sohan Dutta Vashist, Labour Officer, Messrs. Jay Shree Textiles Ltd. , to show cause why they should not be committed for contempt of Court. The petitioner Jhulan Singh was employed in the Spinning department of Jay Shree Textiles Ltd. , as a Reeler. One Sambhunath Ghose, the Assistant Spinning master of Jay Shree Textiles Ltd. , lodged a First Information Report on 27-6-1960, at the Serampore Police Station to the effect that on Saturday 25th June, 1960, he had taken the petitioner to task for neglecting his duty and the petitioner had replied at the time in a rude and unmannerly way and that when Sambhu Nath Ghose was leaving the mill premises in the evening to catch the train, the petitioner suddenly attacked him with a knife and it was only due to timely intervention by other people that the petitioner could not inflict any actual injury. The police arrested the petitioner on 29-6-1960, and ultimately submitted a charge-sheet on 21-8-1960. In the meantime, Sohan Dutta Vashist opposite party No. 2, submitted a