sebi:BM/AO-134/2011
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Facts / Headnote
Violation found; penalty imposed
Provisions invoked
- s. 15
- s. 15H
- s. 15J
Regulations
- Reg. 3
- Reg. 4(2)
- Reg. 200
- Reg. 3(a)
- Reg. 4(2)(b)
Parties
- Anoop Aggarwal
Holding
The Noticee violated regulations 3(a), 3(b), 4(1), 4(2)(a), (b), (e) and (g) of the PFUTP Regulations and was held liable for monetary penalty under section 15HA of the SEBI Act. A penalty of Rs.10,00,000 was imposed on the Noticee.
Full text
Page 2 of 22 2. It was observed that the price of the scrip during the investigation period increased from ` 6.82 to ` 57.20. Prior to investigation period i.e. May 9, 2008 no trading was observed in the scrip of SNCF. It was observed that the chairman and director of the company, Anoop Aggarwal (hereinafter referred to as “Noticee”) trading through the broker Shriam Financial Pvt. Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Shriam”) had allegedly placed huge buy orders and entered into sale transaction for which he did not meet the pay-in obligation. The Noticee allegedly did these to manipulate the price of the shares of SNCF. It was therefore alleged that the Noticee had violated regulations 3(a), 3(b), 4(1), 4(2)(a), (b), (e) and (g) of SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices Relating to Securities Markets) Regulations, 2003 (hereinafter referred to as “PFUTP”). Consequently, the Noticee is liable for monetary penalty under section 15HA of Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (hereinafter referred to as “SEBI Act”).
Page 3 of 22 5. The Noticee replied to the SCN vide letter dated June 11, 2010, stating, inter alia, the following: I and my family hold around 29000 shares of SNCFL at that time i.e. 11.84%. I think this does not mean I could involve in any kind of price manipulation.
Page 4 of 22 Horizon Portfolio has no relation within SNCFL and Shriam Financial Pvt. Ltd. However, to have a client agreement with a BSE broker is not a crime.
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