.Graphic for representation.| Photo Credit Scores: Getty Images/iStockphoto.A special National Inspection Company (NIA) court in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) penalized Islamic historian and also sermonizer Maulana Kalim Siddiqui along with 11 others to lifestyle imprisonment in a prohibited religious transformation case. The courtroom sentenced 4 other charged-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav and also Salim-- to one decade of jail time in addition to fines according to the relevant Segments imposed on all of them. Mr. Siddiqui and also 11 others were actually sentenced under Segments 121 A (confederating to devote specific offenses versus the state), 123 (hiding with intent to facilitate a style to fight), 153 A (advertising enmity between unique teams on premises of religious beliefs, nationality, birthplace, home, language, and so on) and appropriate Sections of the Uttar Pradesh Restriction of Unlawful Sale of Faith 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. Jailed in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Team jailed Mr. Siddiqui coming from Meerut for purportedly dashing a nationally distribute for theological conversion. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, president of an Islamic leave, was actually charged of working a theological conversion racket through numerous companies as well as schools he funded as well as obtaining funds from global organizations. He was accused of ensuring enmity in between different religious teams and also troubling India's prepotence and also honesty. Posted - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.