Uttar Pradesh pacer Yash Dayal, who plays for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the IPL, has attracted more trouble. He is already fighting a case against him for sexual exploitation on the pretext of marriage, and now he has been accused of allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl.

As per an NDTV, an FIR has been filed against the fast bowler at Jaipur's Sanganer Police Station, which stated that Dayal allegedly raped a girl while emotionally blackmailing her over two years. It has come to light that Dayal brought her to a hotel in Sitapura, where the initial sexual assault occurred, and enticed her with the prospect of a cricket career.

The girl was only 17 when the first instance took place, prompting the police to register the case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

This comes after Dayal's arrest was recently stayed by the Allahabad High Court about a formal complaint against him for allegedly sexually abusing another woman.

On Dayal's plea contesting the FIR, a bench consisting of Justices Siddhartha Varma and Anil Kumar issued the ruling. The court ordered state counsel to submit a counter-affidavit and stayed his detention while also notifying the complainant to submit her own counter-affidavit.

On July 6, the Indirapuram police station in the Ghaziabad district filed the first formal complaint against 27-year-old Dayal, a player for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the IPL, under Section 69 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) (Sexual intercourse by employing deceitful means, etc.). Dayal has been charged with taking advantage of a woman sexually under the guise of marriage.

According to the petitioner's attorney, a person can only be charged with a crime under Section 69 of the BNS if it can be proven that he makes a vow to marry a woman with no intention of keeping it.

Dayal had requested in his petition that the FIR against him be quashed and that his arrest in the case be stayed.

The complainant claims that Dayal had pledged to marry her when they first met, some five years ago. Additionally, the woman said that Dayal repeatedly put off her marriage proposal until she discovered that Dayal was also seeing other women.

The chief minister's online grievance portal (IGRS) was used to initially file the complaint on June 21.

(PTI/NDTV inputs)