Relief for Yash Dayal as Allahabad High Court issues a stay on his arrest

Yash Dayal has been accused of sexual assault and exploitation on the pretext of marriage by a woman.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) fast bowler Yash Dayal has been in the news for the last few weeks. The pacer was accused of sexual assault and exploitation by a woman on the pretext of marriage. 

This came after Dayal won the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 with RCB. The woman claimed that the fast bowler was in a relationship with her for five years and kept postponing her proposal to marry. 

She further claimed that she later came to know that Dayal was involved with other women too. Following that, the girl lodged an FIR against the fast bowler, and he came under massive trouble with many lashing out at the pacer.

Allahabad High Court issues stay on Yash Dayal’s arrest

The FIR was registered against the RCB pacer on July 6 at Indirapuram police station in Ghaziabad under Section 69 of BNS, which deals with sexual intercourse by employing deceitful means. However, he has now moved the case to the Allahabad High Court, which stayed his arrest. 

Bench of Justice Siddharth Varma and Anil Kumar granted a stay of arrest till the next date of listing. Speaking about the stay, the bench said:

“You could have been fooled for 1 day, 2 day, 3 day…but 5 years…you are entering into a relationship for 5 years…one can’t be fooled for 5 years.”

On the other hand, Dayal also registered an FIR against the woman. He accused her of stealing an iPhone and a laptop, as per the reports in NDTV. He also added that the woman took lakhs of rupees from him under the pretext of medical treatment for herself and her family, promising to repay, but that hasn’t happened to date.

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