sebi:Order/NS/DK/2022-23/15823

SEBI · SEBI · 2021-07-02 · Naveen Sharma, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Violation established; penalty of ₹5,00,000 imposed

Provisions invoked

• s. 15
• s. 19
• s. 15H
• s. 15J
• s. 11C
• s. 28A
• s. 149

Regulations

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

Parties

• Dazy Jain

Holding

The Noticee Dazy Jain was found to have violated regulations 3(a), (b), (c), (d), 4(1) and 4(2)(a) of the PFUTP Regulations, 2003 by executing two non-genuine reversal trades in one illiquid stock option contract at BSE, and a penalty of ₹5,00,000 was imposed under section 15HA of the SEBI Act, 1992.

Full text

Adjudication Order in respect of Dazy Jain in the matter of dealings in Illiquid Stock Options at BSE Page 2 of 18 Investigation period. Such trades were observed to be non-genuine in nature and created false or misleading appearance of trading resulted into generation of artificial volumes in Stock Options segment of BSE. In view of the same, SEBI initiated adjudication proceedings against the Noticee for 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”). APPOINTMENT OF ADJUDICATING OFFICER

Adjudication Order in respect of Dazy Jain in the matter of dealings in Illiquid Stock Options at BSE Page 3 of 18 S. No. Contract Name Avg. Buy Rate (Rs.) Total Buy Volume (no. of units) Avg. Sell Rate (Rs.) Total Sell Volume (no. of units) % of Artificial Volume generated by Noticee in the contract to Noticee’s Total Volume in the Contract % of Artificial Volume generated by Noticee in the contract to Total Volume in the Contract 1 TATP15MAR75.00PEW2 0.05 176000 1.85 176000 100% 8.30%

Adjudication Order in respect of Dazy Jain in the matter of dealings in Illiquid Stock Options at BSE Page 4 of 18 is a possibility that the broker might have committed an error as far as the transaction in question is concerned by routing the transactions through the noticee‘s account. Further, the noticee cannot be held responsible for the mistake/fraud committed by the broker using the account of the noticee, if any. (c) The Noticee‘s few trades out of 2.92 lakh trades are few drops in the ocean. In the absence of multiple transactions and / or voluminous transactions, inference of fraud and / or undue trade practices cannot be drawn. (d) The notice is not aware of the identity of the counterparty. (e) The Noticee has always done transactions in the stock market and / or otherwise in a genuine manner and in good faith. There is no question of the Noticee having created any artificial volume in the market and / or made any undue profit. (f) The proceedings initiated against her may be dropped and in case adverse view is sought to be taken, opportunity of personal hearing in virtual mode may be granted. (g) Noticee has also submitted an analysis of following court rulings in support of contentions made in the written reply: Labhu Gohil Vs. Securities and Exchange Board of India [2020], Nisith M Shah HUS Vs. SEBI [Appeal No. 97 of 2019], Jagruti Securities Ltd. Vs Securities and Exchange Board of India [Appeal No. 102 of 2006], Ramod Kumar Agarwal Vs. Adjudicating Officer [20

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