.Image for depiction.| Photograph Credit Rating: Getty Images/iStockphoto.A special National Examination Organization (NIA) court in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) punished Islamic historian and sermonizer Maulana Kalim Siddiqui together with 11 others to lifestyle jail time in an illegal theological conversion situation. The court sentenced 4 various other implicated-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav and also Salim-- to ten years of imprisonment along with fines depending on to the appropriate Sections imposed on all of them. Mr. Siddiqui and 11 others were actually pronounced guilty under Areas 121 A (conspiring to devote particular infractions versus the condition), 123 (hiding with intent to promote a concept to fight), 153 A (promoting enmity in between distinct teams on premises of faith, nationality, place of birth, home, language, etc) and pertinent Segments of the Uttar Pradesh Restriction of Unlawful Sale of Religious Beliefs Show, 2021. The 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. Apprehended in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad jailed Mr. Siddiqui from Meerut for purportedly dashing a nationally organization for spiritual conversion. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, president of an Islamic trust, was charged of working a spiritual transformation racket via several organisations and also schools he cashed as well as acquiring funds coming from global organizations. He was actually implicated of advertising enmity between different spiritual groups and also disturbing India's prepotence and honesty. Published - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.