RCB cricketer Yash Dayal has filed a petition in the Allahabad High Court seeking to quash an FIR accusing him of sexual exploitation under false promise of marriage. The FIR was filed under Section 69 of the BNS after the complaint was submitted via the CM’s online portal.
Prayagraj: Today, on July 10, Indian cricketer Yash Dayal, who currently plays for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the Indian Premier League, has approached the Allahabad High Court by filing a writ petition to challenge a First Information Report (FIR) lodged against him.
The FIR accuses the 27-year-old cricketer of sexually exploiting a woman by making false promises of marriage.
The petition filed by Dayal seeks two main requests from the court. First, he has asked the court to quash the FIR registered against him. Second, he has requested a stay on his arrest in connection with the case.
The FIR was registered on July 6 at the Indirapuram Police Station in Ghaziabad district under Section 69 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), which deals with
“sexual intercourse by deceitful means etc.”
According to the complainant, Dayal and she had first met approximately five years ago. She alleges that over this period, Dayal had led her into a physical relationship with the promise that he would marry her.
The woman has further claimed that despite several conversations about marriage,
“Dayal kept postponing her proposal to marry”,
giving different reasons each time. Eventually, she came to know that Dayal was allegedly
“involved with other women as well.”
The complainant claims to have been emotionally and mentally hurt by his repeated delays and unfulfilled promises.
Before the FIR was filed, the complaint had initially been submitted by the woman on June 21 through the Chief Minister’s online grievance portal (IGRS), a platform provided by the Uttar Pradesh government for citizens to register complaints digitally. The police later acted on the complaint and filed the FIR after preliminary review.
Yash Dayal’s legal team has now challenged the FIR, stating that the accusations are baseless and motivated, and that no offence under Section 69 of the BNS has been made out.
The petition argues that the relationship was consensual and that the promises being referred to were either misinterpreted or not made in the legal sense required to constitute an offence.
The case is expected to be taken up for hearing by a division bench of the Allahabad High Court next week.
As this matter involves both legal and public interest, further developments will be closely watched, particularly in light of the growing scrutiny over public figures and their personal conduct.
The outcome may also set a precedent on how courts interpret Section 69 of the BNS, a relatively new provision dealing with deceitful sexual relationships.
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The Allahabad High Court is yet to take any interim decision, and whether the stay on arrest or quashing of the FIR will be granted will be determined in the upcoming hearing.
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