BNS Section 257 — Public servant in judicial proceeding corruptly making report, etc., contrary to law
Section 257 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 addresses “Public servant in judicial proceeding corruptly making report, etc., contrary to law”. Read the provision below with its qualifications, exceptions and chapter context; the official source is linked alongside it.
257. 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. ¶
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