sebi:WTM/TCN/14/IVD/06/07

SEBI · SEBI · 2004-10-14 · Dr. T.C. Nair, Whole Time Member

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Facts / Headnote

Censure imposed on Shital Securities Pvt. Ltd.

Provisions invoked

• s. 19

Regulations

• Reg. 4
• Reg. 13(4)
• Reg. 13(2)
• Reg. 15
• Reg. 6
• Reg. 9
• Reg. 2

Parties

• Shital Securities Pvt. Ltd.

Holding

Shital Securities Pvt. Ltd. was held to have violated Clause A (2) of the Code of Conduct for sub-brokers under Schedule II of Regulation 15 of the SEBI (Stock Brokers and Sub Brokers) Regulations, 1992, and a penalty of censure was imposed. No violation of the PFUTP Regulations was found.

Full text

as “BSE”) and The Ahmedabad Stock Exchange Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “ASE”). 1.2 SEBI conducted investigation into the trading in the scrip of SSPL subsequent to unusual increase in the price and volume of the scrip during the period May 3, 2001 to July 6, 2001. Based on the above unusual rise in price and volume in the scrip an investigation was conducted by SEBI. It was noticed that the price and volume rise of the scrip was not supported by the fundamentals of the company. During the aforesaid investigation period, it was noticed that a group of entities were acting in concert for executing synchronised and structured trades to affect the price of the scrip. 1.3 Shital Securities Pvt. Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Shital”) is a broker of SKSE Rajkot as also a sub- broker of SKSE Securities Ltd. is registered with SEBI. As a sub-broker, Shital was alleged to have executed transactions for Shri Hiren Rathod who was stated to be involved in the manipulation of the scrip and was charged for violating the provisions of Clause A (2) of the Code of Conduct as specified as specified in Schedule II of Regulation 15 of the SEBI (Stock Brokers and Sub Brokers) Regulations, 1992 (hereinafter referred to as “Stock Brokers Regulations”) and Regulation 4 (a), (b), (c) and (d) of SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices), 1995 (hereinafter referred to as ‘PFUTP Regulations’). 1.4 On the basis of the findings of the investigation, an Enquiry Officer was appoint

1.5 In terms of Regulation 9 of the Enquiry Regulations, an opportunity of hearing was granted to Shital on June 7, 2005 wherein Shri Parin K Shah, authorized representative of Shital attended the hearing before the Enquiry Officer and made submissions in detail. On completion of enquiry, the Enquiry Officer vide its report dated June 29, 2005 recommended a minor penalty of censure. 1.6 Based on the recommendations of the Enquiry Officer, a show cause notice dated July 1, 2005 was issued to Shital under Regulation 13(2) of the Enquiry Regulations asking it to show cause as to why the

period, the volume traded in SSPL shares also increased from 52525 to 164446 which led to an increase of 213.08%. Further, the price and volume rise was not supported by the fundamentals of the company at that time. 2.3 The Enquiry Officer found that certain clients, mainly Shri Mahesh Kumar Patel (also known as Mayur Patel) and his wife Smt. Jyotikaben Patel were involved in the manipulation in the scrip of SSPL. Shri Mahesh Patel was instrumental in inflating the prices through continuous buying and selling in the scrip mostly through the entities who were acting in concert namely, Jyotiben M Patel (also known as Jyotika M Hadwani and Mahesh’s wife), Gautam Shambhubhai Patel, Aarushi Consultancy, Rajnibhai M Patel, Heena Rajnibhai Patel, Paragon Investment, Farida Fakkruddin Sariya, Radhe Investments, Rajesh Modi, Nilesh Patel, Pravin Raiyani, Hiren Rathod, Mega Securities, Praful Patel, Nokia Finance International Pvt. Ltd and Kishor Corporation. 2.4 The Enquiry Officer found that these entities/persons were interrelated and were acting in concert and the same was established by flow of funds and securities evidenced by the records. Further, it was observed that the clients were introducing one another to the brokers. 2.5 I note that Shri Hiren Rathod traded through Shital. Trading details of Shri Rathod is as under: Client Gross buy Gross sell Gross Quantity Net buy Name of introducer Name of broker Hiren Rathod 211350 60903 272253 150447 Pravinbhai Raiyani SKSE

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