sebi:SD/AO/87/2010
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Facts / Headnote
Violation established; monetary penalty imposed
Provisions invoked
- s. 15
- s. 15H
- s. 15I
- s. 15J
Regulations
- Reg. 3
- Reg. 4
- Reg. 4(1)
Parties
- Shri Ramniklal Patel
Holding
The Noticee violated Regulations 4(1), 4(2)(a) and 4(2)(e) of the PFUTP Regulations and is liable for monetary penalty under Section 15HA of the SEBI Act. A penalty of Rs.2,00,000 was imposed on Shri Ramniklal Patel.
Full text
Page 2 of 8 market in the scrip of SCCL for off-loading shares in the market. It was observed during the course of the said investigation that SCCL had issued a large number of shares in excess of its paid up capital. It was further observed that Shri Bimlesh Kumar Mishra, who was the chairman of SCCL, had dematted a large number of the said excess shares which appeared to be unlisted. The said excess dematted shares were later sold in the hands of gullible and innocent investors through off-market transfers. Thus a large number of innocent investors were defrauded by purchasing the said shares which were issued fraudulently.
Page 3 of 8 referred to as ‘the Noticee’) asking him to show cause as to why an enquiry should not be held against him in terms of Section 15I of the SEBI Act and penalty be not imposed under Section 15HA of the SEBI Act for the alleged violation by him of the abovementioned provisions of the PFUTP Regulations.
Page 4 of 8 PFUTP Regulations: “4. Prohibition of manipulative, fraudulent and unfair trade practices (1) Without prejudice to the provisions of regulation 3, no person shall indulge in a fraudulent or an unfair trade practice in securities. (2) Dealing in securities shall be deemed to be a fraudulent or an unfair trade practice if it involves fraud and may include all or any of the following, namely :— (a) indulging in an act which creates false or misleading appearance of trading in the securities market; (e) any act or omission amounting to manipulation of the price of a security;”
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