sebi:BM/AO-68/2012

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

• Farindra Bihari Rai

Holding

The Adjudicating Officer held that the charges of violation of 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 against the Noticee, Farindra Bihari Rai, as a director of Cyber Infosystems, do not stand established, and absolved the Noticee of the charges.

Full text

Page 2 of 7 that were connected to Mr. Pravin Kumar Tayal and/ or his relatives transferred shares of BoR in the off market to other connected/ related companies and also made third party payments to certain brokers as consideration for purchase of shares of BoR by related/ connected companies from the market.

Page 3 of 7 lifestyle & Industries Ltd from November 1, 2011 i.e. after the investigation period and was an independent director in Krishna Knitwear and Technology Ltd from October 2006, and KSL and Industries Ltd and Jaybharat Textiles and Real Estate Ltd from October 2002. Thereafter, vide hearing notice dated November 2, 2012, the Noticee was granted an opportunity of personal hearing before me on November 27, 2012. On the scheduled date, Dr. SK Jain, the authorized representative of the Noticee and Mr. Deepak Saruparia, Advocate, appeared for the hearing, and made submissions before me on behalf of the Noticee, reiterating the earlier written submissions. The submissions of the Noticee, are summarized below:  The Noticee was appointed as Director of Cyber Infosystems on March 24, 2009.  From the records of Cyber Infosystems, it is revealed that the company made an off market transfer of 88985 shares of BoR to Capman Conpro Pvt. Ltd on March 23, 2009, that is, before the appointment of the Noticee as a director of Cyber Infosystems.  The alleged third party payments were made by Cyber Infosystems to certain brokers on behalf of some clients prior to the appointment of the Noticee as a director of Cyber Infosystems.

Page 4 of 7 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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