.Picture for depiction.| Photograph Credit Score: Getty Images/iStockphoto.An exclusive National Examination Agency (NIA) court in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) punished Islamic intellectual and preacher Maulana Kalim Siddiqui together with 11 others to lifestyle imprisonment in a prohibited theological conversion case. The courthouse penalized four other accused-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav and Salim-- to ten years of imprisonment alongside fines according to the relevant Areas imposed on all of them. Mr. Siddiqui as well as 11 others were actually founded guilty under Parts 121 A (conniving to commit certain offences against the state), 123 (covering with intent to assist in a style to wage war), 153 A (promoting enmity in between various groups on grounds of faith, ethnicity, birthplace, home, language, and so on) and also applicable Parts of the Uttar Pradesh Restriction of Unlawful Transformation of Religious Beliefs Act, 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. Apprehended in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Team arrested Mr. Siddiqui coming from Meerut for apparently dashing a nationwide syndicate for religious transformation. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, head of state of an Islamic rely on, was charged of operating a spiritual sale noise via many organizations as well as schools he financed and also acquiring funds from global organisations. He was indicted of promoting enmity between various theological groups and also troubling India's prepotency and integrity. Published - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.