sebi:PKK/AO/233/2010
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Facts / Headnote
Disposed of with benefit of doubt to the Noticee; no penalty imposed.
Provisions invoked
- s. 15
- s. 15H
- s. 15J
Regulations
- Reg. 3
- Reg. 4(1)
Parties
- Mr. Amar Adhav
Holding
The Adjudicating Officer found no substantive or corroborative evidence that the Noticee, Mr. Amar Adhav, engaged in fraudulent or manipulative dealing in the scrip of KCL, and accordingly gave him the benefit of doubt, disposing of the matter without imposing any penalty.
Full text
Page 2 of 6 shares received through off market. The connected entities were involved in creation of artificial volume and liquidity which led to price increase to unrealistic levels as mentioned above. The investigations revealed that Mr. Amar Adhav (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Noticee’) is one of the connected entities who have engaged in such activities.
Page 3 of 6 6. It was alleged in the SCN that the Noticee was one of the 48 entities connected to each other and had acted in tandem in creation of artificial volume and liquidity thereby manipulating the price of KCL during the Investigation Period. The list of the connected entities was provided to the Noticee as Annexure 1 to the SCN. The connection between the connected entities and their linkages were provided to the Noticee as Annexure 2 to SCN. The connected entities executed significant numbers of buy and sale transactions in the market. Noticee bought 1, 32,500 shares of KCL on August 22, 2005 and sold the same quantity of shares from August 23, 2005 to August 26, 2005. Noticee had also received 1,28,678 shares of KCL on August 29, 2005 through off market from Indiabulls Financial Services Ltd. Noticee shared common address and common contact number with few other connected entities who were alleged to be involved in manipulating the scrip of KCL.
Page 4 of 6 am proceeding with the inquiry taking into account the documents and material as available on record. Consideration of Issues, Evidence and Findings
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