.Graphic for portrayal.| Picture Credit History: Getty Images/iStockphoto.A special National Inspection Company (NIA) court of law in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) punished Islamic historian and also sermonizer Maulana Kalim Siddiqui together with 11 others to lifestyle imprisonment in a prohibited spiritual conversion case. The court punished four other indicted-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav and Salim-- to 10 years of imprisonment in addition to greats depending on to the pertinent Parts imposed on them. Mr. Siddiqui as well as 11 others were actually founded guilty under Sections 121 A (confederating to devote specific misdemeanors versus the condition), 123 (covering along with intent to assist in a style to fight), 153 A (advertising enmity between unique groups on reasons of faith, ethnicity, place of birth, residence, language, and so on) and appropriate Segments of the Uttar Pradesh Restriction of Unlawful Transformation of Faith Act, 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 and Abdullah Umar. Arrested in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad detained Mr. Siddiqui from Meerut for presumably dashing a nationwide syndicate for theological sale. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, president of an Islamic trust fund, was actually accused of operating a spiritual conversion racket by means of numerous organisations and also universities he funded and receiving funds coming from international organizations. He was charged of advertising enmity in between various religious teams and distressing India's prepotence and integrity. Posted - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.