.Photo for depiction.| Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto.An exclusive National Investigation Firm (NIA) court in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) sentenced Islamic scholar and sermonizer Maulana Kalim Siddiqui in addition to 11 others to life imprisonment in an unlawful theological transformation situation. The courtroom punished four various other indicted-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav and also Salim-- to one decade of imprisonment together with penalties according to the relevant Sections troubled them. Mr. Siddiqui and also 11 others were actually convicted under Parts 121 A (conniving to dedicate particular offences against the condition), 123 (covering with intent to facilitate a design to fight), 153 A (ensuring enmity in between different teams on premises of religious beliefs, ethnicity, birthplace, property, foreign language, and so on) as well as applicable Parts of the Uttar Pradesh Restriction of Unlawful Transformation of Faith Show, 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. Apprehended in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad arrested Mr. Siddiqui coming from Meerut for apparently rushing an across the country distribute for religious conversion. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, president of an Islamic rely on, was accused of operating a theological conversion noise via a number of organizations and also institutions he cashed and also obtaining funds from worldwide organizations. He was actually implicated of promoting enmity in between various spiritual groups and also upsetting India's supreme power as well as honesty. Posted - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.