.Photo for representation.| Picture Credit History: Getty Images/iStockphoto.An exclusive National Inspection Agency (NIA) court in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) penalized Islamic scholar and also sermonizer Maulana Kalim Siddiqui in addition to 11 others to lifestyle jail time in an illegal religious conversion scenario. The courthouse penalized four other accused-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav and Salim-- to ten years of imprisonment together with fines according to the relevant Segments troubled them. Mr. Siddiqui and also 11 others were actually sentenced under Parts 121 A (conspiring to devote specific offenses versus the state), 123 (covering with intent to facilitate a style to fight), 153 A (promoting enmity in between different teams on reasons of faith, race, place of birth, property, language, etc) and appropriate Segments of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Sale of Faith 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 as well as Abdullah Umar. Imprisoned in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad detained Mr. Siddiqui coming from Meerut for allegedly dashing an across the country organization for religious transformation. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, president of an Islamic trust fund, was actually charged of functioning a theological sale noise through a number of organisations and also institutions he cashed as well as acquiring funds from global organisations. He was actually implicated of marketing enmity in between various religious groups as well as distressing India's prepotence and honesty. Published - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.