.Photo for depiction.| Photograph Credit Report: Getty Images/iStockphoto.An exclusive National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) sentenced Islamic intellectual and also sermonizer Maulana Kalim Siddiqui along with 11 others to lifestyle jail time in an illegal spiritual conversion scenario. The courthouse penalized four various other indicted-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav and also Salim-- to 10 years of jail time in addition to greats according to the appropriate Parts imposed on all of them. Mr. Siddiqui and 11 others were actually pronounced guilty under Segments 121 A (conniving to devote specific offences versus the condition), 123 (hiding along with intent to promote a design to wage war), 153 A (advertising enmity between different teams on reasons of religious beliefs, nationality, birthplace, house, foreign language, etc) and appropriate Sections of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Faith Act, 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 Squad imprisoned Mr. Siddiqui coming from Meerut for allegedly dashing a nationwide distribute for religious sale. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, president of an Islamic depend on, was actually accused of functioning a religious sale racket through many organizations and also schools he moneyed as well as acquiring funds coming from worldwide organisations. He was indicted of ensuring enmity in between different theological groups and also distressing India's sovereignty and also stability. Published - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.