.Graphic for depiction.| Image Credit Score: Getty Images/iStockphoto.An unique National Investigation Agency (NIA) court of law in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) punished Islamic historian and also sermonizer Maulana Kalim Siddiqui in addition to 11 others to lifestyle imprisonment in an unlawful religious transformation situation. The court punished 4 various other accused-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav and also Salim-- to one decade of jail time together with penalties depending on to the applicable Sections troubled them. Mr. Siddiqui as well as 11 others were pronounced guilty under Segments 121 A (maneuvering to devote certain infractions against the condition), 123 (concealing with intent to promote a style to fight), 153 A (ensuring enmity between various groups on reasons of faith, nationality, birthplace, home, foreign language, etc) and also appropriate Segments of the Uttar Pradesh Restriction of Unlawful Transformation of Religious Beliefs Show, 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 also Abdullah Umar. Jailed in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad detained Mr. Siddiqui from Meerut for supposedly rushing an across the country distribute for theological conversion. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, head of state of an Islamic count on, was actually implicated of running a religious sale noise through a number of companies and universities he funded and also obtaining funds from international organisations. He was implicated of marketing enmity between various theological teams as well as distressing India's supreme power and also integrity. Published - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.