.Picture for depiction.| Picture Debt: Getty Images/iStockphoto.An exclusive National Examination Agency (NIA) court of law in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) sentenced Islamic historian as well as sermonizer Maulana Kalim Siddiqui alongside 11 others to life imprisonment in an illegal theological conversion situation. The courthouse penalized 4 other charged-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav and Salim-- to one decade of imprisonment along with fines according to the appropriate Parts imposed on them. Mr. Siddiqui and 11 others were actually convicted under Parts 121 A (conniving to dedicate specific misdemeanors versus the condition), 123 (covering with intent to facilitate a layout to fight), 153 A (marketing enmity in between various groups on premises of faith, ethnicity, place of birth, house, foreign language, and so on) and also applicable Areas of the Uttar Pradesh Restriction of Unlawful Transformation 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. Detained in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Team arrested Mr. Siddiqui coming from Meerut for allegedly jogging an all over the country syndicate for spiritual transformation. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, president of an Islamic depend on, was actually implicated of functioning a theological conversion noise through a number of companies as well as universities he cashed and getting funds from global organizations. He was actually charged of marketing enmity in between different theological groups and disturbing India's supreme power and also honesty. Released - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.