.Graphic for portrayal.| Photo Credit Report: Getty Images/iStockphoto.A special National Inspection Firm (NIA) court in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) punished Islamic scholar and sermonizer Maulana Kalim Siddiqui along with 11 others to lifestyle imprisonment in a prohibited religious conversion situation. The courthouse punished four other implicated-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav and also Salim-- to one decade of jail time together with greats according to the applicable Segments imposed on them. Mr. Siddiqui and 11 others were actually founded guilty under Sections 121 A (maneuvering to commit certain infractions versus the condition), 123 (concealing along with intent to help with a concept to fight), 153 A (advertising enmity in between different teams on reasons of faith, ethnicity, place of birth, home, foreign language, etc) and relevant Segments of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Faith Show, 2021. The various 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 and Abdullah Umar. Apprehended in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Team arrested Mr. Siddiqui coming from Meerut for apparently jogging an across the country distribute for religious sale. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, president of an Islamic trust fund, was implicated of functioning a spiritual conversion racket by means of numerous organisations as well as schools he funded and also acquiring funds from international organisations. He was actually charged of advertising enmity between different theological teams and also troubling India's sovereignty and also honesty. Published - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.