.Picture for depiction.| Image Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto.An unique National Examination Agency (NIA) court of law in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) penalized Islamic intellectual as well as preacher Maulana Kalim Siddiqui together with 11 others to life jail time in an unlawful religious transformation scenario. The court sentenced 4 various other implicated-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav as well as Salim-- to 10 years of jail time together with fines according to the appropriate Areas imposed on them. Mr. Siddiqui and also 11 others were actually pronounced guilty under Parts 121 A (maneuvering to commit certain offences against the state), 123 (concealing with intent to promote a layout to wage war), 153 A (promoting enmity between unique groups on premises of faith, race, place of birth, residence, language, and so on) as well as pertinent Sections of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Faith 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. Detained in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad apprehended Mr. Siddiqui coming from Meerut for supposedly rushing an across the country distribute for theological conversion. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, president of an Islamic rely on, was actually charged of functioning a religious conversion noise through a number of organisations as well as schools he financed and getting funds coming from worldwide organizations. He was actually implicated of marketing enmity between various spiritual groups and troubling India's prepotency and also stability. Posted - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.