.Image for representation.| Image Credit Scores: Getty Images/iStockphoto.An unique National Examination Organization (NIA) court in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) sentenced Islamic academic and also preacher Maulana Kalim Siddiqui along with 11 others to life jail time in a prohibited theological transformation scenario. The courthouse sentenced four various other implicated-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav and Salim-- to 10 years of jail time in addition to greats depending on to the relevant Segments troubled them. Mr. Siddiqui and 11 others were actually pronounced guilty under Sections 121 A (confederating to commit particular offences against the state), 123 (hiding along with intent to help with a design to fight), 153 A (ensuring enmity between various groups on reasons of religious beliefs, nationality, place of birth, property, foreign language, and so on) as well as relevant Segments of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition 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 and also Abdullah Umar. Arrested in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad jailed Mr. Siddiqui from Meerut for supposedly rushing a nationally organization for spiritual conversion. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, head of state of an Islamic count on, was charged of running a spiritual conversion racket via a number of organizations as well as schools he funded as well as getting funds coming from worldwide organizations. He was implicated of marketing enmity between various spiritual teams as well as upsetting India's supreme power and honesty. Released - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.