Regulatory Action Summary

SEBI Final Order Details

  • Order Reference: WTM/AS/CFID/CFID-SEC4/32684/2026-27 dated September 30, 2026
  • Issuing Authority: Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
  • Legal Basis: Sections 11(1), 11(4), 11(4A), 11B(1) and 11B(2) of the SEBI Act, 1992

Key Directions Against Naturo IndiaBull Limited (Noticee No. 28)

  • Debarred from accessing securities market for 2 years from order date
  • Prohibited from buying, selling or dealing in securities directly or indirectly
  • Monetary penalty of ₹50,00,000 (Rupees Fifty Lakh) under Section 15HA of SEBI Act, 1992
  • Penalty payable within 45 days from order receipt date

Background of Proceedings

  • Show Cause Notice dated September 15, 2025 issued after detailed investigation
  • Interim order dated August 23, 2024 against Noticee Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4
  • Confirmatory order dated December 11, 2024
  • Investigation focused on violations of SEBI Act, PFUTP Regulations, and LODR Regulations

Established Violations by Debock Industries Limited

Financial Statement Manipulation (FY 2021-22 to 2023-24)
  • Sales Inflation: 69.95% in FY22, 62.17% in FY23, 40.38% in FY24 of total sales were fictitious
  • Purchases Inflation: 95.09% in FY22, 94.51% in FY23, 58.82% in FY24 of total purchases were fictitious
  • Circuitous Transactions: ₹22.90 crore sales and ₹22.64 crore purchases in FY24 through circular fund movements
  • Non-Existent Bank Accounts: Transactions recorded in Equitas Small Finance Bank account that was closed in November 2020
Preferential Issue Frauds
  • 1st Preferential Issue (September 2021): 3,00,00,000 convertible warrants at ₹12.5 per warrant, totaling ₹37.57 crore consideration not actually received
  • 2nd Preferential Issue (November 2023): 5,35,71,428 convertible warrants at ₹14 per warrant, totaling ₹74.99 crore consideration not actually received
  • Fictitious Allottees: Shares issued to connected parties including employees and promoters without genuine consideration
Rights Issue Diversion
  • Amount Raised: ₹49.50 crore through rights issue in June 2023
  • Stated Objects: Meeting incremental working capital requirements and general corporate purposes
  • Actual Diversion: ₹49 crore transferred to Impex Agrotech Limited (related party) within 3 days of receipt
  • Fund Trail: Funds ultimately routed to promoters and overseas entities through multiple layers
Bonus Issue Misrepresentation
  • Issue Size: 3.82 crore shares at 1:1 ratio on November 01, 2022
  • Fictitious Reserves: ₹25.01 crore out of ₹38.22 crore free reserves used were fictitiously generated
Submission of Forged Documents
  • Fabricated bank statements submitted to SEBI to conceal fictitious transactions
  • Forged bank statements of allottees submitted to substantiate preferential issue receipts
  • False certifications of financial statements

Monetary Penalties Imposed

Disgorgement Directions
  • Total Unlawful Gains: ₹59,30,52,248 to be disgorged with 12% simple interest
  • Sunil Kalot: ₹37,66,55,212 individually
  • Mukesh Manveer Singh: ₹4,24,17,670 individually
  • Mukesh Manveer Singh & Gaurav Jain: ₹17,39,79,366 jointly and severally
  • Payment due within 45 days to Investor Protection and Education Fund (IPEF)
Monetary Penalties under Section 15HA/15HB
  • Debock Industries Limited: ₹1,10,00,000 (₹1 crore under 15HA + ₹10 lakh under 15HB)
  • Mukesh Manveer Singh: ₹20,10,00,000 (₹20 crore under 15HA + ₹10 lakh under 15HB)
  • Sunil Kalot: ₹5,00,00,000
  • Priyanka Sharma: ₹1,00,00,000
  • Naturo IndiaBull Limited: ₹50,00,000
  • Impex Agrotech Limited: ₹1,00,00,000
  • Gaurav Jain: ₹50,00,000
  • Avance Ventures: ₹20,00,000
  • Nishu Goyal: ₹6,00,000 (₹5 lakh under 15HA + ₹1 lakh under 15HB)
  • Vandana Patidar: ₹6,00,000 (₹5 lakh under 15HA + ₹1 lakh under 15HB)
  • Jyoti Choudhary: ₹5,00,000

Market Access Restrictions

Debock Industries Limited & Mukesh Manveer Singh
  • 7-year debarment from accessing securities market
  • 7-year prohibition from buying/selling/dealing in securities
  • Mukesh Manveer Singh restrained from association with listed companies/SEBI intermediaries as director/KMP
  • Period reckoned from Interim Order date (August 23, 2024)
Other Entities
  • Sunil Kalot: 5-year market ban and director/KMP restraint
  • Priyanka Sharma & Gaurav Jain: 3-year market ban and director/KMP restraint
  • Nishu Goyal, Vandana Patidar, Jyoti Choudhary, Avance Ventures, Impex Agrotech, Naturo IndiaBull: 2-year market ban
  • Nishu Goyal, Vandana Patidar, Jyoti Choudhary: 2-year director/KMP restraint

Recovery Directive

  • Debock Industries must recover ₹49 crore diverted rights issue funds from Impex Agrotech Limited within 3 months
  • Interest payable at 12% per annum from diversion date (July 24, 2023)

Legal and Regulatory Violations Established

  • Regulations 3(a), (b), (c), (d), 4(1), 4(2)(c), (f), (h), (k) of PFUTP Regulations
  • Sections 12A(a), (b), (c) of SEBI Act, 1992
  • Regulations 4(1), 4(2)(e), 17(1)(b), 23(1), (2), (4), 32(1), (2), (4), 33(1)(a), (c), 48 of LODR Regulations
  • Sections 11(2)(ia), 11C(2), 11C(3) of SEBI Act
  • Non-compliance with Ind AS 1 and Ind AS 7 accounting standards

Company Response

  • Company is examining the Final Order and its implications
  • Will take further steps as required under applicable law
  • Blamed former employees (Abhishek Khandelwal and Ankit Sharma) for fraudulent activities
  • Claimed submission of forged documents was inadvertent by new compliance officer