.Graphic for representation.| Picture Credit Scores: Getty Images/iStockphoto.A special National Inspection Company (NIA) court of law in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) punished Islamic intellectual and preacher Maulana Kalim Siddiqui alongside 11 others to lifestyle imprisonment in an unlawful spiritual conversion scenario. The courtroom sentenced four other indicted-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav as well as Salim-- to one decade of imprisonment alongside greats depending on to the appropriate Areas imposed on all of them. Mr. Siddiqui and also 11 others were actually founded guilty under Parts 121 A (confederating to commit specific misdemeanors against the condition), 123 (hiding along with intent to promote a design to fight), 153 A (advertising enmity in between unique groups on premises of faith, ethnicity, birthplace, home, language, and so on) and appropriate Parts of the Uttar Pradesh Restriction of Unlawful Conversion of Religious Beliefs Show, 2021. The various 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 also Abdullah Umar. Imprisoned in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad jailed Mr. Siddiqui from Meerut for purportedly running an all over the country syndicate for religious transformation. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, head of state of an Islamic leave, was actually accused of functioning a spiritual sale racket by means of several organizations and also schools he funded and also acquiring funds coming from worldwide organisations. He was actually indicted of ensuring enmity between different religious teams and also upsetting India's prepotence and stability. Published - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.