Thanks everyone for your help, I did the following and it worked
maz := (SELECT count(*) FROM table WHERE col1 = var1);
EXECUTE 'SELECT count(*) FROM table WHERE col1 = $1'
USING col1 INTO maz;
"in" was a typo and var type along with query was under declare (hope this
is right practice techincaly)
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