sebi:WTM/GM/ISD/14/MAY/2017

SEBI · SEBI · 2016-06-01 · G. Mahalingam, Whole Time Member

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Facts / Headnote

Directions issued vide ad interim ex-parte order dated June 01, 2016 confirmed and to continue until further orders against all Noticees except Priyanka Nrupesh Tripathi; directions against Priyanka Nrupesh Tripathi revoked.

Provisions invoked

• s. 11B
• s. 11
• s. 11(4)
• s. 19
• s. 12A
• s. 81
• s. 10

Regulations

• Reg. 2(1)(c)
• Reg. 3(a)
• Reg. 2(1)
• Reg. 4(2)(r)

Parties

• Dhyana Finstock Limited
• Rajeshkumar Theophilbhai Christie
• Shaluben Nikeshbhai Shah
• Priyanka Nrupesh Tripathi
• Harshad Kumar Patel
• Shailesh Baldevbhai Patel
• Harshaddkumar Baldevbhai Patel
• Aneelkumar Albertbhai Patel
• Priti Jayakarbhai Christian
• Birju Pravinchandra Sanghvi
• Ashok Kumar Sethi

Holding

The ad interim ex-parte order dated June 01, 2016 is confirmed and shall continue until further orders against all the Noticees except Priyanka Nrupesh Tripathi. The directions against Priyanka Nrupesh Tripathi stand revoked.

Full text

Confirmatory Order in the matter of Dhyana Finstock Limited Page 2 of 52 Background 1. SEBI, vide an ad interim ex-parte order dated June 01, 2016 (hereinafter referred to as “interim

Confirmatory Order in the matter of Dhyana Finstock Limited Page 3 of 52 f) Thereafter, between December 01, 2014 and July 27, 2015 ("Patch 2"), the price of the scrip opened at ₹ 351 and closed at ₹ 405.7. During this period, the scrip was traded with an average volume of 24,376 shares per day and total volume of 39,97,754 shares in 164 trading days and it is alleged that entities connected, directly or indirectly, with Dhyana, started providing hugely profitable exit to the preferential allottees. g) During Patch 2, out of the 49 preferential allottees, 39 allottees exited and sold 31,67,410 shares and have in aggregate made profit of ₹ 107.43 crores. Of the shares sold by preferential allottees, 18,22,678 shares representing 57.54% shares were bought by “Dhyana Group” consisting of 31 entities (as explained in para 20 table 3 of the interim order dated June 1, 2016). h) Certain private corporate bodies connected to each other and to Dhyana were observed to have given funds to exit providers. Some of these exit providers immediately transferred the funds to trading members for purchase of shares of Dhyana. i) On 27th July 2015, several SMS messages were circulated among investing public to the effect of inducing them to buy the shares of Dhyana specially highlighting it to be a “Jackpot buy”, so as to induce the investors to buy the securities. j) Driven by the SMS tips, investors purchased 3,18,971 shares from the net sellers (referred in para 18 of the interim order) on J

Confirmatory Order in the matter of Dhyana Finstock Limited Page 4 of 52 Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices relating to Securities Market) Regulations, 2003 (‘PFUTP Regulations’) and are in contravention of the provisions of Regulations 3(a), (b), (c) and (d) and 4(1), 4(2)(a), (b), (e) (g) and (r) thereof and section 12A(a), (b) and (c) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992. These allegations have been made, inter alia, on the basis of following: a) The traded volume and price of the scrip increased substantially only after Dhyana group and preferential allottees started trading in the scrip. Dhyana group entities were trading in the scrip above the Last Traded price (LTP) and their trades resulted in artificial increase in price. b) Dhyana group entities and preferential allottees traded amongst themselves and in the process, used securities market system to artificially increase the volume and the price of the scrip for making illegal gains and to convert ill-gotten gains into genuine ones. c) The net sellers who sold on July 27, 2015, were either preferential allottees themselves or had purchased shares of preferential allottees at a high price during the examination period; they may have availed the services of some unidentified entities to send the SMS and thereafter dumped the shares of Dhyana so acquired on unsuspecting investors by employing a scheme of sending fake SMS inducing them to buy the scrip.

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