1. Lakhminder Singh-petitioner was tried and held guilty of the offence punishable under S. 302 of the Indian Penal Code at Bangalore. It was alleged that the offence was committed on 22-6-1987. The Learned Additional Sessions Judge, Bangalore held the petitioner guilty of the said offence on 5-1-1989. The petitioner was sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for life. The petitioner applied for his transfer to the State of Punjab. On 3-4-1992 the Inspector General of Prisons sent memo to Inspector General of Prisons, Karnataka. By virtue of the same consent was given for transfer of the convict on reciprocal basis. The said consent reads :-

"Reference on the subject letter No. 5169-GI/G-6, dated 25-9-1991 on the subject noted above. 2. This department has already conveyed concurrence vide letter under reference the transfer of convict cited as subject to the State on reciprocal basis. Accordingly you are requested to make necessary arrangements for his transfer to this State at the earliest as the parents of the prisoner are pressing hard for the same."

In pursuance of the said consent the petitioner was transferred to Central Jail, Gurdaspur in accordance with Trnasfe