.Image for portrayal.| Picture Credit Scores: Getty Images/iStockphoto.An exclusive National Examination Company (NIA) court in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) punished Islamic academic and minister Maulana Kalim Siddiqui together with 11 others to life imprisonment in an illegal spiritual conversion instance. The courtroom punished four other accused-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav and Salim-- to ten years of jail time alongside fines depending on to the appropriate Parts imposed on all of them. Mr. Siddiqui and 11 others were actually founded guilty under Areas 121 A (conspiring to commit certain offences versus the state), 123 (covering with intent to assist in a concept to wage war), 153 A (marketing enmity in between different groups on grounds of religious beliefs, ethnicity, place of birth, residence, foreign language, etc) as well as relevant Sections of the Uttar Pradesh Restriction of Unlawful Sale of Religious Beliefs Act, 2021. The various other convicts are actually: 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 Team jailed Mr. Siddiqui from Meerut for allegedly running an across the country organization for theological transformation. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, head of state of an Islamic rely on, was accused of working a religious transformation noise via a number of companies and also schools he cashed as well as obtaining funds coming from worldwide organisations. He was indicted of marketing enmity between different theological teams and distressing India's prepotency and integrity. Published - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.