sebi:MO/29/IVD/12/2003

SEBI · SEBI · 2002-07-15 · A.K. Batra, Member, SEBI

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Facts / Headnote

Restrained Shri Rajesh Kasat from buying, selling or dealing in securities, directly or indirectly, for a period of one year

Provisions invoked

• s. 11
• s. 19
• s. 11B

Regulations

• Reg. 11
• Reg. 4
• Reg. 4(a)
• Reg. 4(d)

Parties

• Shri Rajesh Kasat

Holding

SEBI found Shri Rajesh Kasat guilty of violating Regulations 4(a), (b) and (d) of the SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices Relating to Securities Market) Regulations, 1995, by trading in the scrip with the intention of artificially raising its price, and restrained him from dealing in securities for one year.

Full text

approximately 40% of the combined trading volumes of NSE and BSE and this by and large also contributed to the price rise in the scrip. Based on these reports, it was surmised that there was a possibility that these trades were fictitious and meant to create artificial volumes and increase the price of the scrip of the company. Amongst these clients, Shri Rajesh Kasat, (hereinafter referred to as ‘RK’) the proprietor of M/s Rajesh Kasat & Co, Member, Pune Stock Exchange (PSE) who was found to be amongst the top five ultimate clients dealing in the scrip of the company, was also coincidentally, one of the NSE brokers through whom KIL had traded substantially in the scrip during the period under investigation. It was further observed that RK had traded in his individual capacity on the NSE through M/s Kasat Securities Pvt. Ltd and that on the BSE, he had traded through two other broking entities; M/s Kaynet Capital Ltd and M/s Sovereign Securities Pvt. Ltd.

stated that Saurabh Bora and KIL were dealing with M/s Kasat Securites Pvt Ltd since 1996 and 1997 respectively and the total transactions entered into by both of them with Kasat Securites Pvt Ltd involved crores of rupees. As their present transactions in the scrip were not even 1% of their total transactions, the same established the fact that there was no basis for any of the allegations regarding price manipulation. RK reiterated that he had traded only through a BSE broker and that it was possible that some of the transactions might have been entered into through the NSE member of which he was the managing director. However, as an investor he had only entered into those transactions that were legally permissible. All his transactions entered into with Bora was at the market determined price and reported to the exchange and payment for the same had been made and he did not have any knowledge of heavy trading in the scrip of the company by persons mentioned in the show cause notice. RK denied that Keynet Finance Limited was his business outfit and that Kasat Securities Pvt Limited had substantially traded in the scrip by enrolling as a client to other brokers. He clarified that Kasat Securities Pvt Limited had transacted in about 3,85,61,573 shares which was not even 1% of the total transactions entered into in the said scrip. RK denied the knowledge about the scrip being likely to be manipulated or that he had aided and abetted KIL or Saurabh Bora in creating a false or a

# In addition to his trading at BSE and NSE, RK had also purchased 30,000 shares @ Rs.59.30 on spot basis from Shri Sourabh H Bora, which was reported in the PSE wherein RK, as stated above held an individual membership.

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