.Picture for representation.| Photograph Credit Scores: Getty Images/iStockphoto.A special National Inspection Firm (NIA) court in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) punished Islamic intellectual as well as minister Maulana Kalim Siddiqui together with 11 others to life imprisonment in an unlawful theological conversion situation. The courtroom penalized 4 various other implicated-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav and also Salim-- to 10 years of imprisonment along with fines according to the applicable Parts troubled them. Mr. Siddiqui as well as 11 others were sentenced under Areas 121 A (confederating to devote certain offenses against the condition), 123 (covering with intent to assist in a layout to wage war), 153 A (advertising enmity between distinct teams on reasons of religion, race, place of birth, home, language, and so on) as well as appropriate Parts of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Sale of Faith Show, 2021. The various 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. Apprehended in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad apprehended Mr. Siddiqui from Meerut for presumably dashing an across the country distribute for religious conversion. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, president of an Islamic trust, was actually charged of operating a religious sale noise via several organisations and colleges he financed and obtaining funds from global organizations. He was actually implicated of advertising enmity between different theological teams and also disturbing India's prepotence as well as stability. Published - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.