.Picture for depiction.| Image Debt: Getty Images/iStockphoto.An exclusive National Inspection Firm (NIA) court of law in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) sentenced Islamic intellectual and minister Maulana Kalim Siddiqui alongside 11 others to lifestyle jail time in an illegal theological conversion situation. The courthouse penalized four other accused-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav and also Salim-- to ten years of jail time in addition to fines according to the pertinent Segments troubled them. Mr. Siddiqui as well as 11 others were actually pronounced guilty under Sections 121 A (conspiring to dedicate certain misdemeanors against the state), 123 (covering with intent to assist in a layout to wage war), 153 A (promoting enmity in between unique teams on premises of religious beliefs, nationality, birthplace, home, foreign language, etc) as well as pertinent Sections of the Uttar Pradesh Restriction of Unlawful Sale of Religion Show, 2021. The 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 as well as Abdullah Umar. Apprehended in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad detained Mr. Siddiqui from Meerut for apparently jogging a countrywide distribute for theological transformation. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, president of an Islamic trust, was indicted of running a spiritual sale noise with a number of companies and also schools he financed and also receiving funds from global organisations. He was actually accused of advertising enmity between different spiritual groups and disturbing India's supreme power and also honesty. Published - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.