.Image for representation.| Picture Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto.A special National Examination Organization (NIA) court of law in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) sentenced Islamic academic as well as sermonizer Maulana Kalim Siddiqui along with 11 others to lifestyle jail time in an illegal spiritual conversion instance. The courtroom punished 4 other implicated-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav and also Salim-- to one decade of imprisonment together with greats depending on to the applicable Segments imposed on all of them. Mr. Siddiqui as well as 11 others were sentenced under Areas 121 A (maneuvering to devote specific offenses versus the state), 123 (hiding with intent to help with a style to wage war), 153 A (advertising enmity in between distinct teams on grounds of faith, race, place of birth, house, foreign language, etc) and also relevant Parts of the Uttar Pradesh Restriction of Unlawful Transformation of Religious Beliefs Act, 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 as well as Abdullah Umar. Imprisoned in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Team arrested Mr. Siddiqui from Meerut for apparently rushing a nationally organization for spiritual transformation. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, president of an Islamic trust fund, was actually accused of functioning a religious sale racket via several companies and also institutions he moneyed and also receiving funds from worldwide companies. He was actually indicted of promoting enmity between different religious teams and disturbing India's prepotence and also honesty. Published - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.