.Picture for depiction.| Image Credit Scores: Getty Images/iStockphoto.An exclusive National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) punished Islamic historian and preacher Maulana Kalim Siddiqui alongside 11 others to life imprisonment in an unlawful theological conversion case. The courtroom sentenced four other charged-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav and Salim-- to one decade of imprisonment together with fines according to the applicable Parts troubled all of them. Mr. Siddiqui and 11 others were actually pronounced guilty under Segments 121 A (conniving to devote specific offenses versus the condition), 123 (hiding along with intent to help with a style to wage war), 153 A (promoting enmity in between various groups on premises of religious beliefs, nationality, place of birth, property, language, and so on) and also pertinent Parts of the Uttar Pradesh Restriction of Unlawful Conversion of Religious Beliefs Show, 2021. The 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 Abdullah Umar. Detained in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Team imprisoned Mr. Siddiqui from Meerut for purportedly dashing a countrywide syndicate for spiritual conversion. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, president of an Islamic rely on, was charged of functioning a religious sale noise by means of several companies as well as colleges he financed as well as obtaining funds from global organisations. He was actually charged of promoting enmity between various spiritual groups and upsetting India's prepotence and also stability. Released - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.