.Image for depiction.| Photograph Credit Report: Getty Images/iStockphoto.A special National Investigation Organization (NIA) court of law in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) sentenced Islamic academic as well as sermonizer Maulana Kalim Siddiqui together with 11 others to lifestyle jail time in a prohibited religious transformation case. The courtroom sentenced four various other indicted-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav as well as Salim-- to one decade of imprisonment along with fines according to the pertinent Areas troubled all of them. Mr. Siddiqui as well as 11 others were pronounced guilty under Parts 121 A (confederating to devote specific offences versus the condition), 123 (concealing with intent to assist in a design to fight), 153 A (ensuring enmity between different teams on premises of religion, ethnicity, place of birth, house, foreign language, etc) as well as appropriate Sections of the Uttar Pradesh Restriction of Unlawful Sale of Faith 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 and Abdullah Umar. Imprisoned in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad jailed Mr. Siddiqui coming from Meerut for apparently rushing a nationwide syndicate for spiritual sale. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, president of an Islamic leave, was accused of working a spiritual conversion racket with numerous companies as well as institutions he funded and acquiring funds coming from global companies. He was actually implicated of ensuring enmity between different theological teams and also distressing India's prepotency and also integrity. Published - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.