.Picture for representation.| Picture Credit History: Getty Images/iStockphoto.An exclusive National Investigation Agency (NIA) court of law in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) punished Islamic scholar and sermonizer Maulana Kalim Siddiqui along with 11 others to lifestyle imprisonment in a prohibited religious conversion case. The courthouse penalized four various other indicted-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav and also Salim-- to 10 years of jail time in addition to penalties depending on to the relevant Areas troubled them. Mr. Siddiqui as well as 11 others were actually pronounced guilty under Sections 121 A (maneuvering to dedicate certain infractions versus the condition), 123 (hiding along with intent to promote a concept to wage war), 153 A (ensuring enmity in between distinct groups on grounds of religion, race, birthplace, home, language, and so on) and relevant Sections of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Transformation 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 as well as Abdullah Umar. Jailed in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Team arrested Mr. Siddiqui from Meerut for presumably rushing a countrywide organization for religious sale. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, president of an Islamic trust fund, was charged of working a religious sale racket by means of several companies and colleges he cashed and acquiring funds from worldwide organizations. He was actually charged of promoting enmity in between various theological teams and distressing India's supreme power and also honesty. Posted - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.