.Photo for portrayal.| Photo Credit Score: Getty Images/iStockphoto.An exclusive National Examination Firm (NIA) court of law in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) punished Islamic intellectual and minister Maulana Kalim Siddiqui alongside 11 others to lifestyle jail time in an illegal spiritual transformation instance. The courthouse punished four other charged-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav and also Salim-- to 10 years of jail time along with fines according to the appropriate Sections troubled them. Mr. Siddiqui and also 11 others were actually sentenced under Sections 121 A (conspiring to devote specific infractions versus the state), 123 (hiding along with intent to promote a concept to fight), 153 A (ensuring enmity between various teams on premises of religious beliefs, race, place of birth, home, foreign language, etc) and appropriate Parts of the Uttar Pradesh Restriction of Unlawful Conversion of Faith Act, 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 as well as Abdullah Umar. Imprisoned in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad arrested Mr. Siddiqui coming from Meerut for allegedly jogging an across the country organization for theological conversion. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, head of state of an Islamic rely on, was indicted of functioning a theological conversion noise with numerous organisations as well as schools he moneyed and acquiring funds coming from global organizations. He was actually indicted of promoting enmity between various theological teams and also upsetting India's sovereignty as well as stability. Published - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.