sebi:BM/AO-116/2011
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Facts / Headnote
Allegation not established; proceedings disposed without imposition of penalty
Provisions invoked
- s. 15
- s. 15H
- s. 15J
Regulations
- Reg. 4
- Reg. 4(2)(e)
Parties
- Mahesh Sharma
Holding
The allegation that Mahesh Sharma violated regulation 4(2)(e) of PFUTP by placing 22 buy orders above 1% of LTP in RTS Power shares was not established. The proceedings were disposed without penalty under section 15HA of the SEBI Act.
Full text
Page 2 of 14 Pate, Mr. Rajesh Patel, Mr. Chetan Shah, Om Associates and Bhawani Trading Company from accessing the securities market and further prohibited from buying, selling or dealing in securities market. Subsequently, the directions issued vide order dated June 05, 2009 were confirmed vide confirmatory orders dated October 26, 2009 against Ms. Hetal Patel, Mr. Rajesh Patel, Mr. Chetan Shah, vide confirmatory order dated November 18, 2009 against Mr. Mukesh G Konde, Mr. Waje, Mr. Nitesh Ashok Jadhav and vide confirmatory order dated November 27, 2009 against Om Associates and Bhawani Trading Company. An investigation was thereafter initiated by SEBI in respect of buying, selling and dealing in the shares of RTS Power.
Page 3 of 14 execution of the Noticee. This was alleged to be in violation of regulation 4(2)(e) of SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices relating to Securities Market) Regulations, 2003 (hereinafter referred to as “PFUTP”). Consequently the Noticee is liable for monetary penalty under section 15HA of the SEBI Act.
Page 4 of 14 No speculative transactions were conducted by me. I made payment to JSEL Securities Limited for all net purchases and gave delivery to JSEL Securities Limited for all net sale on those days. All orders placed for buying were within the permissible limits of BSE. As an investor I always effected deliveries in clearings whenever there was net sale quantity and there was no auction in any clearing in which I sold shares. As such I purely acted as an investor in the scrip as I had delivery of 150 shares which I sold at last on 22/12/2008. Since then (from 23/12/2008 onwards) there was no trading in my account till February 11, 2009 i.e. the period covered in your investigation. I had nothing to do with the new high in the scrip and I always placed orders within the price range permitted by BSE. There was no fictitious transaction entries on any day and there was no circular trading conducted by me. Trades executed by me were real trades with the intention to buy or sell. I was holding 150 shares in my DP account at the start of the period under investigation and I made payment for all net purchases in my account of the scrip. I have made investment in the shares and did intraday trades in small quantity on the strength of my holding of 150 shares and with the intention to make payment for net purchases. I did trade purely as an investor with the intention to make investment in the scrip. Being an investor, I never indulge to inflate, depress or cause fluctuations in
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