.Picture for portrayal.| Picture Credit Rating: Getty Images/iStockphoto.An exclusive National Inspection Agency (NIA) court in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) penalized Islamic intellectual as well as sermonizer Maulana Kalim Siddiqui together with 11 others to lifestyle jail time in an illegal theological transformation case. The courthouse sentenced four other indicted-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav and also Salim-- to ten years of imprisonment together with greats depending on to the appropriate Sections imposed on all of them. Mr. Siddiqui and also 11 others were actually convicted under Areas 121 A (conspiring to dedicate specific offences against the state), 123 (concealing along with intent to promote a design to fight), 153 A (marketing enmity between various teams on reasons of faith, nationality, place of birth, home, language, and so on) as well as pertinent Sections of the Uttar Pradesh Restriction of Unlawful Transformation of Religion Act, 2021. The 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 also Abdullah Umar. Imprisoned in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Team apprehended Mr. Siddiqui from Meerut for purportedly jogging an all over the country syndicate for spiritual sale. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, head of state of an Islamic leave, was actually accused of functioning a spiritual conversion racket via many organisations as well as schools he cashed and also acquiring funds coming from international companies. He was actually accused of advertising enmity between various spiritual groups and also upsetting India's prepotency and also honesty. Posted - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.