.Image for portrayal.| Photo Credit Score: Getty Images/iStockphoto.An exclusive National Investigation Firm (NIA) court of law in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) punished Islamic academic and also preacher Maulana Kalim Siddiqui in addition to 11 others to lifestyle jail time in an unlawful theological sale case. The courthouse penalized four various other accused-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav and also Salim-- to one decade of imprisonment along with greats depending on to the appropriate Parts imposed on all of them. Mr. Siddiqui and 11 others were sentenced under Parts 121 A (conspiring to devote certain misdemeanors against the state), 123 (hiding along with intent to facilitate a design to fight), 153 A (promoting enmity in between various groups on reasons of faith, ethnicity, birthplace, property, foreign language, etc) as well as appropriate Segments of the Uttar Pradesh Restriction of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 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 as well as Abdullah Umar. Arrested in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad jailed Mr. Siddiqui coming from Meerut for supposedly jogging a countrywide syndicate for spiritual transformation. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, president of an Islamic leave, was implicated of working a theological transformation noise via a number of organizations and also institutions he moneyed and getting funds coming from worldwide organizations. He was charged of advertising enmity between various spiritual groups as well as disturbing India's supreme power and also integrity. Released - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.