Cross-segment price manipulation may arise where futures orders...

Cross-segment price manipulation may arise where futures orders are allegedly used to move prices or create artificial order-book signals so that larger, economically opposite options positions obtain favourable execution. Section 12A of the SEBI Act and Regulations 3 and 4 of the PFUTP Regulations prohibit manipulative or deceptive devices, false appearances of trading and price manipulation; liability depends on the integrated sequence of orders, price impact, options execution, cancellations, exposure and persistence, rather than opposite positions or LTP contribution alone. Section 27 attributes company contraventions to directors responsible for business conduct, subject to knowledge and due-diligence defences, and separately covers consent, connivance or neglect. Interim measures may restrict market access, impound proceeds and preserve assets; disgorgement is generally person-specific, though joint-and-several exposure may follow common intentional action or a central role.