.Image for depiction.| Image Credit Score: Getty Images/iStockphoto.An unique National Inspection Organization (NIA) court in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) sentenced Islamic scholar and minister Maulana Kalim Siddiqui along with 11 others to lifestyle imprisonment in an unlawful spiritual conversion case. The courtroom penalized four various other accused-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav as well as Salim-- to 10 years of jail time along with penalties according to the pertinent Segments imposed on them. Mr. Siddiqui and 11 others were convicted under Sections 121 A (conniving to dedicate particular offenses against the condition), 123 (hiding with intent to promote a design to wage war), 153 A (advertising enmity in between unique groups on premises of religion, ethnicity, place of birth, residence, foreign language, and so on) as well as appropriate Areas of the Uttar Pradesh Restriction of Unlawful Transformation of Religion 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 also Abdullah Umar. Arrested in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad arrested Mr. Siddiqui from Meerut for apparently running a nationally distribute for spiritual sale. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, head of state of an Islamic depend on, was actually indicted of operating a religious transformation noise with a number of companies as well as universities he financed and also receiving funds coming from worldwide organisations. He was actually accused of marketing enmity in between different religious teams as well as distressing India's supreme power and also honesty. Released - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.