1. This contempt petition has arisen out of the following facts. Ahmed Ali was convicted on 27-4-82 in Sessions Case No. 50(N-M) 80 vide G. R. No. 242/77 under S.302/34, I.P.C. and sentenced to R. I. for life and he was undergoing his sentence at District Jail, Nagaon from 27-4-82. He was transferred to District Jail, Tezpur on 22-12-82 vide I. G. Prison's Order dt/- 8-12-82. His Criminal Jail Appeal No. 81(J)82 was decided by the High Court on 20-11-1984 convicting him under S.324, I.P.C. (instead of S.302/34, I.P.C.) and sentencing him to undergo rigorous imprisonment for three (3) years. Ahmed Ali was already in jail for about 2½ years and he was to get the set off under S.428, Cr.P.C. The High Court, it appears, sent the judgment with relevant papers in Memo No. 308/Crl. dt/- 22-1-85. Those were forwarded to the District Jail, Nowgong. It appears the Superintendent, District Jail, Nowgong forwarded a copy of the judgment in G. R. No. 242/77 and Sessions Case No. 50(N-M) of 1981 along with High Court Memo No. 308/Crl. dt/- 22-1-85 under his Memo No. 113 dt/- 25-1-85 on 2-2-85 to the Tezpur District Jail where it was received on 2-2-85. The Superintendent of the District