.Graphic for representation.| Photo Credit Scores: Getty Images/iStockphoto.An unique National Investigation Firm (NIA) court of law in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) punished Islamic historian and also preacher Maulana Kalim Siddiqui in addition to 11 others to lifestyle imprisonment in an unlawful theological sale case. The courtroom penalized 4 other charged-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav and Salim-- to 10 years of imprisonment alongside penalties depending on to the relevant Segments imposed on all of them. Mr. Siddiqui as well as 11 others were actually founded guilty under Areas 121 A (conniving to devote particular offenses against the state), 123 (concealing with intent to assist in a layout to wage war), 153 A (marketing enmity in between various teams on reasons of faith, ethnicity, birthplace, residence, foreign language, etc) as well as appropriate Sections of the Uttar Pradesh Restriction of Unlawful Conversion of Religious Beliefs Show, 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 Abdullah Umar. Jailed in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad jailed Mr. Siddiqui coming from Meerut for presumably dashing a nationally distribute for religious transformation. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, head of state of an Islamic depend on, was charged of functioning a religious conversion racket by means of numerous companies and institutions he moneyed and receiving funds coming from international organisations. He was implicated of marketing enmity between various theological groups as well as distressing India's sovereignty and stability. Posted - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.