.Picture for portrayal.| Photograph Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto.A special National Investigation Company (NIA) court of law in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) penalized Islamic intellectual as well as sermonizer Maulana Kalim Siddiqui together with 11 others to lifestyle jail time in an illegal religious conversion instance. The courthouse sentenced 4 other indicted-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav and also Salim-- to ten years of imprisonment in addition to penalties depending on to the appropriate Parts imposed on them. Mr. Siddiqui and 11 others were actually founded guilty under Segments 121 A (maneuvering to dedicate particular offenses versus the condition), 123 (hiding with intent to assist in a style to fight), 153 A (ensuring enmity in between different groups on grounds of religion, ethnicity, place of birth, property, foreign language, etc) as well as appropriate Segments of the Uttar Pradesh Restriction of Unlawful Conversion of Faith Act, 2021. The 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 also Abdullah Umar. Apprehended in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad arrested Mr. Siddiqui coming from Meerut for apparently jogging an across the country syndicate for religious transformation. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, head of state of an Islamic rely on, was actually implicated of working a theological conversion noise through a number of companies as well as institutions he funded as well as receiving funds from international companies. He was charged of ensuring enmity in between various religious groups and also upsetting India's prepotence and honesty. Released - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.