1. By means of this application, the Petitioners, Namita
Mohapatra and Namita Dash, have approached this Court under
Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure seeking to quash the
order of cognizance dated 22.12.2022 passed by the learned
S.D.J.M., Bhubaneswar, in CT Case No. 6777 of 2022, arising out
of Saheed Nagar P.S. Case No. 523 of 2022, whereby cognizance
has been taken for the offences under Sections
341/294/509/355/506/34 of the Indian Penal Code against the
Petitioners.
2. The background facts of the case, are that the Petitioners are
residents of Brahmeswarapatna under Saheed Nagar Police Station,
Bhubaneswar. The prosecution case arises out of an FIR lodged on
08.11.2022 by the informant, Smt. Madhumita Rout, who is
employed as a Swachhakarmi at the dumping yard, MCC
Durgapurpatna under the Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation. It is
alleged that on 05.11.2022 at about 10.30 P.M., while the Informant
was performing her official duty, one Malay Mohapatra allegedly
confronted her over not wearing the prescribed uniform, abused her
in filthy language, and spat on her face in the presence of co-