.Picture for depiction.| Picture Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto.An unique National Investigation Firm (NIA) court of law in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) sentenced Islamic intellectual and preacher Maulana Kalim Siddiqui alongside 11 others to lifestyle imprisonment in an unlawful religious conversion instance. The court penalized 4 various other charged-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav and also Salim-- to ten years of imprisonment alongside penalties according to the applicable Parts imposed on all of them. Mr. Siddiqui as well as 11 others were actually convicted under Areas 121 A (confederating to devote certain misdemeanors against the condition), 123 (hiding along with intent to promote a concept to wage war), 153 A (marketing enmity between various teams on premises of faith, ethnicity, birthplace, home, foreign language, and so on) as well as pertinent Sections of the Uttar Pradesh Restriction of Unlawful Transformation of Religion Show, 2021. The various other convicts are: Maulana Umar Gautam, Arshan Mustafa, Adam, Jahangir Qasmi, Kaushar Alam, Faraz Babullah Shah, Irfan Sheikh, Salahuddin Zainuddin Sheikh, Sarfaraz Ali Jafari, Mohd Atif and also Abdullah Umar. Arrested in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Team detained Mr. Siddiqui from Meerut for purportedly jogging a countrywide distribute for theological sale. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, president of an Islamic trust, was charged of operating a spiritual transformation racket via numerous organisations as well as schools he moneyed and receiving funds coming from worldwide organizations. He was charged of marketing enmity between different religious teams as well as troubling India's prepotence and integrity. Published - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.