.Graphic for depiction.| Image Credit Score: Getty Images/iStockphoto.An unique National Inspection Organization (NIA) court in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) sentenced Islamic historian and preacher Maulana Kalim Siddiqui alongside 11 others to life imprisonment in a prohibited religious sale instance. The courthouse penalized four various other charged-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav and also Salim-- to one decade of jail time alongside penalties according to the applicable Areas imposed on them. Mr. Siddiqui as well as 11 others were actually convicted under Parts 121 A (conniving to commit specific misdemeanors against the state), 123 (hiding with intent to promote a design to fight), 153 A (ensuring enmity between various teams on reasons of faith, ethnicity, birthplace, house, foreign language, etc) and also pertinent Areas of the Uttar Pradesh Restriction of Unlawful Conversion of Religious Beliefs Show, 2021. The other convicts are: Maulana Umar Gautam, Arshan Mustafa, Adam, Jahangir Qasmi, Kaushar Alam, Faraz Babullah Shah, Irfan Sheikh, Salahuddin Zainuddin Sheikh, Sarfaraz Ali Jafari, Mohd Atif as well as Abdullah Umar. Detained in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad jailed Mr. Siddiqui from Meerut for purportedly rushing a nationally syndicate for religious transformation. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, head of state of an Islamic count on, was actually implicated of running a religious conversion racket with many companies and colleges he funded and also obtaining funds from global organizations. He was actually accused of promoting enmity in between various religious teams as well as disturbing India's prepotency and also integrity. Published - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.