.Graphic for depiction.| Photograph Credit Rating: Getty Images/iStockphoto.A special National Inspection Agency (NIA) court of law in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) penalized Islamic academic as well as sermonizer Maulana Kalim Siddiqui along with 11 others to life jail time in an unlawful theological conversion instance. The courthouse punished four various other indicted-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav and also Salim-- to ten years of imprisonment alongside fines according to the appropriate Areas troubled all of them. Mr. Siddiqui as well as 11 others were founded guilty under Parts 121 A (maneuvering to commit certain misdemeanors versus the state), 123 (covering with intent to facilitate a layout to wage war), 153 A (promoting enmity in between different teams on grounds of religious beliefs, race, place of birth, house, language, etc) and applicable Areas of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Faith 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. Imprisoned in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad arrested Mr. Siddiqui from Meerut for presumably running a nationwide distribute for theological conversion. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, president of an Islamic trust fund, was indicted of running a theological transformation racket by means of several organizations as well as institutions he funded as well as receiving funds from international organisations. He was actually accused of marketing enmity in between different theological groups and also disturbing India's prepotency and also honesty. Posted - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.