sebi:EAD-7/BJD/VS/2018-19/1862

SEBI · SEBI · B J Dilip, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Penalty imposed on the Noticee for executing reversal trades in Stock Options creating artificial volume

Provisions invoked

• s. 15
• s. 19
• s. 15H
• s. 15I
• s. 15J
• s. 15I(1)

Regulations

• Reg. 3
• Reg. 4
• Reg. 2(1)(c)
• Reg. 3(a)

Parties

• Rajesh Kumar Gagrani

Holding

The Noticee Rajesh Kumar Gagrani violated Regulations 3(a), 3(b), 3(c), 3(d), 4(1) and 4(2)(a) of SEBI (PFUTP) Regulations, 2003 by executing 49 non-genuine reversal trades in 7 stock option contracts on BSE, creating artificial volume of 37,66,000 units. A penalty of Rs. 5,00,000 was imposed under Section 15HA of the SEBI Act, 1992.

Full text

Adjudication Order in respect of Rajesh Kumar Gagrani Page 2 of 24 Options Segment of BSE during the investigation period. The following points narrate the dealings of the Noticee during the investigation period and the

Adjudication Order in respect of Rajesh Kumar Gagrani Page 3 of 24 b) The number of non-genuine trades of Noticee has significantly contributed to the total no. of trades from the market in the above contracts, as a substantial 19% to 100% of the trades that happened in the aforementioned contracts were due to non-genuine trades executed by the Noticee.

Adjudication Order in respect of Rajesh Kumar Gagrani Page 4 of 24 satisfied that penalty is liable, impose such penalty deemed fit in terms of Rule 5 of SEBI Adjudication Rules 1995 and Section 15HA of SEBI Act.

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