sebi:Order/SBM/AK/2021-22/14423

SEBI · SEBI · 2021-07-27 · Suresh B Menon, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Penalty imposed on the Noticee for violation of PFUTP Regulations

Provisions invoked

• s. 15
• s. 19
• s. 15H
• s. 15J
• s. 28A

Regulations

• Reg. 3
• Reg. 4(1)
• Reg. 3(a)

Parties

• Ambey Bhawani Projects Private Limited

Holding

The Noticee violated regulation 3(a), 4(1) and 4(2)(a) of the PFUTP Regulations by executing 16 non-genuine reversal trades in 6 illiquid stock option contracts on BSE, creating artificial volume of 21,68,000 units, and a penalty of Rs.5,00,000 was imposed under section 15HA of the SEBI Act.

Full text

___________________________________________________________________________ Adjudication order in respect of Ambey Bhawani Projects Private Limited in the matter of dealing in Illiquid Stock Options at BSE Page 2 of 12 trades in the Stock Options Segment at BSE during the above referred investigation period. It was observed that Noticee had entered into reversal trades with its counterparties which involved squaring off transactions with significant difference in sell value and buy value of the transactions. It was therefore alleged that Noticee had executed the reversal trades, which were non-genuine in nature and have created false or misleading appearance of trading in terms of creation of artificial volume in the Stock Options segment at BSE and therefore, it is alleged that the Noticee has violated the provisions of regulations 3(a), (b), (c), (d) and regulation 4(1), 4(2) (a) of the SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices relating to Securities Markets) Regulations, 2003 (hereinafter referred to as ‘PFUTP Regulations’). In view of the above reasons, adjudication proceedings have been initiated against the Noticee under the provisions of section 15 HA of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (hereinafter referred to as ‘SEBI Act’). APPOINTMENT OF ADJUDICATING OFFICER

___________________________________________________________________________ Adjudication order in respect of Ambey Bhawani Projects Private Limited in the matter of dealing in Illiquid Stock Options at BSE Page 3 of 12 b. For the purpose of illustration of non-genuine trades and creation of artificial volume by the Noticee, details of trading done by the Noticee in the contract viz. “IDBI15MAR75.00PEW2” on March 09, 2015 is given below:

___________________________________________________________________________ Adjudication order in respect of Ambey Bhawani Projects Private Limited in the matter of dealing in Illiquid Stock Options at BSE Page 4 of 12

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