.Picture for depiction.| Photograph Debt: Getty Images/iStockphoto.An unique National Examination Company (NIA) court in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) penalized Islamic historian and also preacher Maulana Kalim Siddiqui together with 11 others to life imprisonment in an illegal religious conversion situation. The courtroom sentenced 4 other charged-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav as well as Salim-- to ten years of jail time in addition to fines according to the pertinent Areas imposed on them. Mr. Siddiqui as well as 11 others were pronounced guilty under Areas 121 A (conspiring to commit specific offences versus the state), 123 (covering along with intent to help with a concept to wage war), 153 A (marketing enmity in between different teams on reasons of religion, ethnicity, place of birth, residence, language, and so on) as well as pertinent Segments of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Transformation of Religion 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. Apprehended in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Team jailed Mr. Siddiqui from Meerut for supposedly rushing a nationally distribute for spiritual transformation. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, head of state of an Islamic rely on, was actually implicated of operating a religious conversion racket with numerous organizations and schools he funded and obtaining funds from international organizations. He was accused of promoting enmity between different religious teams and distressing India's supreme power and stability. Published - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.