sebi:Order/MC/VS/2020-21/11145-11153

SEBI · SEBI · 2019-05-14 · Maninder Cheema, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Adjudication proceedings disposed of; allegations not established, no penalty imposed.

Provisions invoked

• s. 15
• s. 12A
• s. 12
• s. 15H

Regulations

• Reg. 3
• Reg. 3(a)

Parties

• Bhupendra R. Jain
• Kiran R. Jain
• Rani B. Jain
• M. Swetha
• Mukesh Kumar HUF
• Pooja
• Uttam Chand HUF
• Sapna Agarwal
• Dilip Kumar Saboo

Holding

The Adjudicating Officer held that the allegation that Noticees 1-9 violated Section 12A(a), (b) and (c) of the SEBI Act read with Regulations 3(a)-(d) and 4(1), 4(2)(a) and (e) of the PFUTP Regulations by creating misleading appearance of trading and causing price fall in the scrip of Pincon in a manipulative manner was not established, and disposed of the proceedings without imposing any penalty.

Full text

Adjudication Order in respect of Bhupendra Jain and eight others in the matter of Pincon Lifestyle Ltd. Page 2 of 21 BACKGROUND 1. Securities and Exchange Board of India (hereinafter referred to as “SEBI”) initiated adjudication proceedings against Bhupendra R. Jain (“Noticee 1”), Kiran R. Jain (“Noticee 2”), Rani B. Jain (“Noticee 3”), M. Swetha (“Noticee 4”), Mukesh Kumar HUF (“Noticee 5”), Pooja (“Noticee 6”), Uttam Chand HUF (“Noticee 7”), Sapna Agarwal (“Noticee 8”) and Dilip Kumar Saboo (“Noticee 9”) (hereinafter referred to as “the Noticees”) under Section 15HA of the SEBI Act, 1992 (“hereinafter referred to as the “SEBI Act”) for alleged violation of Section 12A (a), (b), (c) of the SEBI Act read with Regulations 3 (a), (b), (c), (d) and 4 (1) and (2) (a) and (e) of the SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices) Regulations, 2003 (“PFUTP Regulations”).

Adjudication Order in respect of Bhupendra Jain and eight others in the matter of Pincon Lifestyle Ltd. Page 3 of 21 SHOW CAUSE NOTICE, REPLY AND HEARING

Adjudication Order in respect of Bhupendra Jain and eight others in the matter of Pincon Lifestyle Ltd. Page 4 of 21 10. It was observed that 19 entities out of the aforesaid 20 preferential allottees had transferred Pincon shares to 912 entities in off-market through physical and/or demat mode. Out of the aforesaid 912 entities, 304 entities were observed to have sold the shares on BSE in the scrip of Pincon during the investigation period.

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