sebi:Order/BM/GN/2023-24/27671

SEBI · SEBI · 2021-11-12 · Barnali Mukherjee, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Penalty imposed on the Noticee for violation of PFUTP Regulations, 2003

Provisions invoked

• s. 11B
• s. 11
• s. 15
• s. 19
• s. 15H
• s. 15J
• s. 15F
• s. 28A

Regulations

• Reg. 4
• Reg. 3
• Reg. 4(1)
• Reg. 3(a)
• Reg. 26

Parties

• Raj Kumar Lohiya

Holding

The Adjudicating Officer held that Raj Kumar Lohiya violated Regulations 3(a), (b), (c), (d), 4(1) and 4(2)(a) of the PFUTP Regulations, 2003 by executing 25 non-genuine reversal trades in 3 stock options contracts at BSE, and imposed a penalty of ₹5,00,000 under Section 15HA of the SEBI Act, 1992.

Full text

Adjudication Order in respect of Raj Kumar Lohiya in the matter of trading in Illiquid Stock Options at BSE P a g e | 2 of 17 were alleged to be manipulative, deceptive in nature. In view of the same, SEBI initiated adjudication proceedings against the Noticee for alleged violation of the provisions of Regulations 3(a), (b), (c), (d), 4(1) and 4(2)(a) of SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices) Regulations, 2003 (hereinafter referred to as “PFUTP Regulations, 2003”).

Adjudication Order in respect of Raj Kumar Lohiya in the matter of trading in Illiquid Stock Options at BSE P a g e | 3 of 17 S. N o. Contract Name Avg. Buy Rate (Rs) Total Buy Volum e (No. of units) Avg. Sell Rate (Rs) Total Sell Volum e (No. of units) % of Non Genui ne trades of Notic ee in the contr act to Notic ee's Total trades in the Contr act % of Non Genui ne trades of Notic ee in the contr act to Total trades in the Contr act % of Artifici al Volum e genera ted by Notice e in the contra ct to Notice e's Total Volum e in the Contra ct % of Artificial Volume generate d by Noticee in the contract to Total Volume in the Contract 1 ADPW15MA R52.00CE 0.05 11840 00 0.93 11840 00 100 31.75 100 11.28 2 RCOM15MA R80.00CEW 3 0.05 76000 3.1 80200 0 42.86 9.68 4.75 2.2 3 UCOB15MA R65.00PEW 3 0.1 10000 00 3 10000 0 66.67 2.27 10 0.86

Adjudication Order in respect of Raj Kumar Lohiya in the matter of trading in Illiquid Stock Options at BSE P a g e | 4 of 17

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