.Photo for depiction.| Photo Credit Scores: Getty Images/iStockphoto.A special National Inspection Company (NIA) court of law in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) punished Islamic scholar and also minister Maulana Kalim Siddiqui alongside 11 others to lifestyle jail time in a prohibited theological transformation instance. The courthouse penalized four other charged-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav as well as Salim-- to 10 years of imprisonment in addition to greats depending on to the appropriate Segments troubled them. Mr. Siddiqui as well as 11 others were pronounced guilty under Sections 121 A (confederating to dedicate certain offenses against the state), 123 (hiding along with intent to help with a layout to fight), 153 A (ensuring enmity in between various groups on reasons of religion, race, birthplace, home, foreign language, etc) and pertinent Parts of the Uttar Pradesh Restriction of Unlawful Conversion 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 also Abdullah Umar. Imprisoned in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad jailed Mr. Siddiqui coming from Meerut for supposedly dashing a nationally distribute for theological sale. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, president of an Islamic depend on, was actually indicted of working a theological conversion noise by means of several organisations and also institutions he funded and also receiving funds from international organizations. He was charged of marketing enmity between different spiritual groups as well as troubling India's supreme power as well as integrity. Published - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.