sebi:PKK/AO/235/2010

SEBI · SEBI · 2007-08-31 · P K Kuriachen, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Matter disposed of without penalty - benefit of doubt given to Noticee

Provisions invoked

Regulations

Parties

Holding

The Noticee was not found guilty of violating Regulations 4(1), 4(2)(a), 4(2)(b), 4(2)(e) and 4(2)(g) of the PFUTP Regulations, 2003 and the matter was disposed of with benefit of doubt and without 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 M/s. New Leader Trading Company Pvt. Ltd. (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 2, 50,248 shares of KCL on September 05, 2005 and 1, 75,824 shares on September 06, 2005. Noticee had also received 54000 of KCL from September 09, 2005 to September 15,

Page 4 of 6 Consideration of Issues, Evidence and Findings 9. I have carefully perused the charges made against the Noticee mentioned in the SCN and the materials and documents available on record. The issues that arise for consideration in the present case are:

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