.Graphic for depiction.| Photo Credit Rating: Getty Images/iStockphoto.An exclusive National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) penalized Islamic scholar and also preacher Maulana Kalim Siddiqui together with 11 others to lifestyle jail time in an illegal theological conversion case. The courtroom punished four various other charged-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav and also Salim-- to one decade of jail time together with greats according to the applicable Areas imposed on them. Mr. Siddiqui and also 11 others were actually pronounced guilty under Parts 121 A (conniving to commit specific misdemeanors versus the condition), 123 (hiding with intent to assist in a layout to fight), 153 A (marketing enmity between unique groups on reasons of religious beliefs, ethnicity, birthplace, home, language, and so on) and appropriate Sections of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Sale of Religion 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. Arrested in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad imprisoned Mr. Siddiqui coming from Meerut for apparently dashing an across the country distribute for theological sale. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, head of state of an Islamic leave, was accused of functioning a theological transformation racket via a number of organizations and schools he funded and also obtaining funds coming from worldwide companies. He was charged of marketing enmity in between different religious teams and also distressing India's supreme power and also honesty. Posted - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.