Allahabad HC Stays Yash Dayal's Arrest in Exploitation Case
By : Krishna Mishra
The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday stayed the arrest of cricketer Yash Dayal in connection with an FIR against him for allegedly sexually exploiting a woman.
A bench comprising Justices Siddhartha Varma and Anil Kumar passed the order on Dayal's petition challenging the FIR.
Staying his arrest, the court asked state counsel to file a counter affidavit and also issued notices to the complainant to file her counter in the matter.
The FIR against 27-year-old Dayal, who plays for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the IPL, was registered on July 6 at the Indirapuram police station in Ghaziabad district under Section 69 (Sexual intercourse by employing deceitful means etc.) of the BNS. Dayal has been accused of sexually exploiting a woman on the pretext of marriage.
The petitioner's counsel submitted that a person can be accused of an offence under Section 69 of BNS only if it is established that he makes a promise to marry to a woman without any intention to fulfill it.
He argued that however a bare perusal of the averments made in the FIR reflects that the informant was in relationship with the petitioner for the past five years.Allahabad HC Stays Yash Dayal's Arrest in Exploitation Case
She kept silent for a very long time and as when the petitioner was selected in the Indian cricket team, the FIR with an oblique motive was lodged for extorting onerous and arbitrary demands, the counsel further argued.