sebi:BM/AO-128/2011

SEBI · SEBI · 2010-03-08 · Barnali Mukherjee, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Violation established in part; penalty of Rs.4,00,000 imposed under Section 15HA; allegation of connection with RPIL and aiding promoters not established

Provisions invoked

• s. 15
• s. 12A
• s. 12
• s. 15J
• s. 15H

Regulations

• Reg. 3
• Reg. 3(a)

Parties

• Yogesh Kuradiya

Holding

The Noticee violated Regulation 3(a), 3(b), 3(c), 3(d), 4(1), 4(2)(a), 4(2)(b), 4(2)(e) and 4(2)(g) of PFUTP Regulations and Section 12A(a), (b), (c) of the SEBI Act by wash trades and LTP manipulation with connected entities, and is liable to Rs.4,00,000 penalty under Section 15HA; the allegation of connection with RPIL and aiding promoters was not established.

Full text

2 of the total traded volume (14,15,192 shares). It is alleged that the Noticee is connected to the above entities and have traded among one another and executed wash trades and created artificial volume. It was further observed that during the trading period of the above entities, the price of the scrip of RPIL rose from `.85.50/- (closing price) on April 21, 2008 and closed at `. 122.40/- on May 20, 2008. It was alleged that the Noticee along with the connected entities contributed to a cumulative price rise of `.44.85 with respect to LTP, i.e., 59.09% of the total price rise of `.75.90.

3 SHOW CAUSE NOTICE, REPLY AND PERSONAL HEARING 6. Show Cause Notice No. EAD-6/BM/12428/2010 dated July 15, 2010 (hereinafter referred to as ‘SCN’) was issued to the Noticee under rule 4 of the Rules to show cause as to why an inquiry should not be held against the Noticee and penalty be not imposed under section 15 HA of the SEBI Act for the alleged violations specified in the SCN.

4 ¾ I and my group members did not make any tips reports/news/information received from the company or its promoters/directors/related party. ¾ I and my group members did not earn huge profit on trading in the script and incurred loss in some accounts. ¾ The volume of sales/purchases in the scrip was not abnormally high during this period but more or less was the same level as way during this preceding and subsequent one month. ¾ I and my group members earned a profit of `. 44483/- only on over all basis on trading in the said scrip. ¾ I and my group members are not involved at any time in the past and future in manipulating the price of the scrip.

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