sebi:WTM/PS/45/EFD/MAY/2016

SEBI · SEBI · 2013-09-26 · Prashant Saran, Whole Time Member

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Facts / Headnote

Directions issued: noticees restrained from collecting money/launching CIS, directed to wind up schemes and refund investors within three months, restrained from securities market for four years, with further consequences for non-compliance.

Provisions invoked

• s. 11A
• s. 24
• s. 19
• s. 12
• s. 11

Regulations

• Reg. 65
• Reg. 3
• Reg. 4(2)(t)

Parties

• Arise Bhoomi Developers Limited
• Mr. Papu Kumar Singh
• Mr. Ravi Shankar Singh
• Mr. Ratnesh Kumar Yadav

Holding

The schemes/plans of Arise Bhoomi Developers Limited constitute a Collective Investment Scheme under Section 11AA of the SEBI Act, and the Company and its directors carried on such CIS without registration in contravention of Section 12(1B) of the SEBI Act and Regulation 3 of the CIS Regulations.

Full text

Page 2 of 20 2. The interim order was issued in order to protect the interest of investors, to ensure that the Company and its directors do not collect further funds under its schemes/ plans and to safeguard the assets/ acquired by Arise and its directors from the funds of the investing public. This Order directed Arise and its directors, namely, Mr. Papu Kumar Singh, Mr. Ravi Shankar Singh and Mr. Ratnesh Kumar Yadav (hereinafter collectively referred to as ‘noticees’): “…  not to collect any fresh money from investors under its existing scheme;  not to launch any new schemes or plans or float any new companies to raise fresh moneys;  to immediately submit the full inventory of the assets obtained through money raised by ABDL;  not to dispose of or alienate any of the properties/assets obtained directly or indirectly through money raised by ABDL;  not to divert any funds raised from public at large, kept in bank account(s) and/or in the custody of ABDLL or group companies or promoters or LLPs or Proprietary concerns or any person directly or indirectly controlled through shareholding or management by ABDL ;  to furnish all the information/details sought by SEBI vide letters dated September 26, 2013, February 21, 2014 and July 03, 2014 within 15 days from the date of receipt of this order;  to furnish the PAN of the aforementioned Directors.”

Page 3 of 20 5. In response, the noticees vide common letter dated September 28, 2015, replied to SEBI and intimated the appointment of the authorized person namely Mr. Subodh Kumar Gupta, Advocate to receive the interim order on behalf of the Company and its directors. SEBI vide letter dated September 29, 2015, provided the copy of the interim

Page 4 of 20 copies of the documents as sought vide letter dated January 06, 2016. The request of the representatives of the noticees was considered and SEBI was directed to provide copy of all the relied upon documents. The noticees were also directed to reply to the

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