Section 257: Whoever, being a public servant, corruptly or maliciously makes or pronounces Public servant
in any stage of a judicial proceeding, any report, order, verdict, or decision which he in judicial
proceeding
knows to be contrary to law, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for corruptly
a term which may extend to seven years, or with fine, or with both. making report,
etc., contrary
to law.