On a Tuesday in December 2025, a special POCSO court in Jaipur told cricketer Yash Dayal that he could not have protection from arrest. Judge Alka Bansal rejected his anticipatory bail plea, saying the 27-year-old faces a serious allegation of raping a minor. The allegations are unproven, and Dayal has not been convicted of anything.
That Jaipur case is the second against the IPL pace bowler. The first started months earlier in Ghaziabad and rests on Section 69 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the criminal code that replaced the Indian Penal Code. The section covers sexual intercourse obtained by deceitful means, including a false promise of marriage.
The Ghaziabad complaint
Bhaskar English reported that a woman from Ghaziabad accused Dayal of sexually exploiting her over five years on the promise of marriage. Police registered the FIR at Indirapuram station on July 6, 2025 after she had written to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on June 21. Alok Priyadarshi, additional police commissioner of Ghaziabad, confirmed the Section 69 charge and said: “Yash Dayal will be arrested soon.”
In her statement the woman said they met through Instagram in 2019 and that he repeatedly promised to marry her, introduced her to his family and took her on trips to Bengaluru, Delhi and Prayagraj. When she raised marriage, she said, he put it off by saying his cricket career came first. She alleged that he blocked her about a month before she went to the police, and that he assaulted her when she protested. She said she holds chats, videos, call records and photos. At the time Dayal had been served a notice but had not yet appeared to give his version.
Dayal later won some breathing room. ETV Bharat reported that the Allahabad High Court stayed action in the Ghaziabad case.
The Jaipur case
Seven days after that stay, according to ETV Bharat, a second rape case was filed against him at Sanganer Sadar police station. The complainant said the incident took place two years earlier, when she was a minor.
Dayal’s plea argued that a gang is working against him, that he is a professional cricketer with a reputation in society and that he is ready to cooperate with the investigation. Government lawyer Rachna Maan opposed it. She told the court he allegedly built a physical relationship with the girl several times by luring her with promises of a career in cricket, and that a minor’s consent carries no legal value. The court agreed that the charge was serious enough to deny pre-arrest protection.
The player
Dayal has won IPL titles with two teams, Gujarat Titans in 2022 and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in 2025, and has 43 wickets in the league. Both cases are still open.
Sources
- Cricketer Yash Dayal May Face Arrest As POCSO Court Rejects His Anticipatory Bail In Minor Girl Rape Case
- Yash Dayal Booked for Rape on Pretext of Marriage
