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The fact that the Noticees 1 to 8 were connected as established above leads one to conclude that the demand for shares was artificially created with a\u00a0 view to causing an artificial increase in price.\u00a0 The\u00a0 Noticees purchased and continued to hold the shares, while at the same time buying at increasingly higher prices,\u00a0 thus inducing an upward movement in price\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It further found that Noticees 1 to 8 created an artificial demand in the scrip of\u00a0 PMC\u00a0 during the\u00a0 IP by continuously buying shares at increasing prices and then holding on to the shares purchased by them, thereby also reducing the shares held by the public. And further noted the fall in the price of the scrip after the sustained buying.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Noticees 1 to 8 through their trading in the scrip manipulated the price of PMC in violation of Section 12A (a), (b), (c) of SEBI Act read with Regulation 3 (a), (b), (c), (d), 4 (1) and 4 (2) (a), (e) of PFUTP Regulations. And therefore, were liable for monetary penalty under Section 15HA of the SEBI Act. A\u00a0 penalty\u00a0 Rs 10,00,000\/-(Rupees Ten Lakh only) each on Noticees 1 to 8i.e.Economy Suppliers Private Limited\u00a0 (Noticee\u00a0 1), Embassy Sales Private Limited\u00a0 (Noticee\u00a0 2), Seabird Distributors Private Limited (Noticee 3), Seabird Vincon Private Limited (Noticee 4),\u00a0 Seabird Retails Private Limited (Noticee 5), Shivdarshan\u00a0 Sales\u00a0 Private Limited (Noticee 6), Famous Investment Consultants (Noticee\u00a0 7)\u00a0 and\u00a0 Rolex Vinimay Private Limited\u00a0 (Noticee 8) (Total penalty of Rs.80,00,000\/-(Rupees EightyLakh only) was imposed.[PMC Fincorp Ltd., In re, ADJUDICATION ORDER NO. 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