sebi:Order/AP/VS/2019-20/6786

SEBI · SEBI · Amit Pradhan, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Violation established; monetary penalty of ₹5,00,000 imposed under Section 15HA of the SEBI Act

Provisions invoked

• s. 15
• s. 15H
• s. 15I
• s. 15J
• s. 15F
• s. 28A

Regulations

• Reg. 3
• Reg. 2(1)(c)
• Reg. 3(a)

Parties

• Arihant Sharecom Private Limited

Holding

The Noticee, Arihant Sharecom Private Limited, was held liable for violating Regulation 3(a), (b), (c), (d), 4(1) and 4(2)(a) of the PFUTP Regulations by executing 67 non-genuine reversal trades in 19 illiquid Stock Option contracts on BSE, and a monetary penalty of ₹5,00,000 was imposed under Section 15HA of the SEBI Act.

Full text

_________________________________________________________________________________ Adjudication order in respect of Arihant Sharecom Private Limited in the matter of Illiquid Stock Options at BSE Page 2 of 14 on the same day within a very short span of time with same counterparty at a substantial price difference without any basis for significant change in the contract price which indicates that these trades are artificial and are non-genuine in nature. The summary of dealings of Noticee in such 19 Stock Options contracts is as follows: Table 1 – Summary of dealings of the Noticee in contracts wherein he executed non- genuine trades

_________________________________________________________________________________ Adjudication order in respect of Arihant Sharecom Private Limited in the matter of Illiquid Stock Options at BSE Page 3 of 14 b. The whole volume of 58,66,000 generated by the Noticee in all of the above contracts due to its non-genuine trades were artificial volume, and further this artificial volume, generated by the Noticee, also contributed significantly to the extent of 6% to 100% of the total volume in said contracts in the market. c. These alleged non genuine trades, executed by Noticee in above contracts, had significant differential in buy rates and sell rates considering that the trades were reversed on same day. d. The Noticee has allegedly engaged in the non-genuine transactions in the option segment of BSE for the purpose creating false appearance of trading.

_________________________________________________________________________________ Adjudication order in respect of Arihant Sharecom Private Limited in the matter of Illiquid Stock Options at BSE Page 4 of 14

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