sebi:BM/AO-129/2013

SEBI · SEBI · 2012-01-25 · Barnali Mukherjee, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Noticee absolved of charges; no monetary penalty imposed; case disposed of

Provisions invoked

• s. 15
• s. 12
• s. 15J

Regulations

• Reg. 3
• Reg. 3(a)

Parties

• Sudhir Kumar Srivastava

Holding

The Noticee was not a director of Cyber Infosystems and Technologies Pvt. Ltd. during the relevant period, and therefore the charges of violating Section 12A(a), (b) and (c) of the SEBI Act and Regulation 3(a), 3(b), 3(c), 3(d), 4(1) and 4(2)(f) of the PFUTP Regulations do not stand established. The Noticee was absolved of all charges and no monetary penalty was imposed.

Full text

Page 2 of 6 with the active collusion of their front entities and allegedly made wrong disclosures to the exchange. 2. In view of the above it was alleged that Sudhir Kumar Srivastava (hereinafter referred to as 'the Noticee'), as a director of Cyber Infosystems and Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as 'Cyber Infosystems'), a Promoter group company of BoR, through the above actions violated Section 12 A (a), (b) and (c) of Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (hereinafter referred to as 'SEBI Act') and Regulation 3(a), 3(b), 3(c), 3(d), 4(1) and 4(2)(f) of SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices) Regulation, 2003 (hereinafter referred to as ‘PFUTP Regulations’). The above violations make the Noticee liable for monetary penalty under Section 15 HA of the SEBI Act.

Page 3 of 6 Infosystems, stating that his name is not appearing as director in the annual report. He also submitted that his name had been included in the MCA data base by error, and that he was taking up the matter with the concerned Registrar of Companies (RoC) for rectification.

Page 4 of 6 b. Does the violation, if any, on the part of the Noticee attract monetary penalty under Section 15 HA of the SEBI Act? c. If so, what would be the monetary penalty that can be imposed taking into consideration the factors mentioned in Section 15J of the SEBI Act?

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