This section covers public servant in judicial proceeding corruptly making report, etc., contrary to law in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003).
Public servant in judicial proceeding corruptly making report, etc., contrary to law. Whoever, being a public servant, corruptly or maliciously makes or pronounces in any stage of a judicial proceeding, any report, order, verdict, or decision which he knows to be contrary to law, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, or with fine, or with both.
What was the old IPC code for Section 257 of BNS 2023?
In the Indian Penal Code, public servant in judicial proceeding corruptly making report, etc., contrary to law was covered in S. 219.