.Image for depiction.| Picture Debt: Getty Images/iStockphoto.An unique National Investigation Company (NIA) court in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) penalized Islamic intellectual as well as minister Maulana Kalim Siddiqui along with 11 others to life imprisonment in an illegal religious conversion scenario. The courtroom penalized four various other indicted-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav and also Salim-- to 10 years of imprisonment alongside penalties depending on to the pertinent Areas troubled all of them. Mr. Siddiqui and 11 others were actually sentenced under Parts 121 A (confederating to devote specific misdemeanors versus the condition), 123 (concealing along with intent to help with a style to wage war), 153 A (ensuring enmity between different groups on premises of religious beliefs, ethnicity, place of birth, residence, foreign language, and so on) as well as relevant 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. Imprisoned in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad apprehended Mr. Siddiqui coming from Meerut for supposedly jogging an across the country syndicate for spiritual sale. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, president of an Islamic trust fund, was actually accused of functioning a religious sale racket through several companies as well as colleges he funded and also acquiring funds coming from global organisations. He was indicted of promoting enmity in between different spiritual teams as well as disturbing India's prepotence as well as honesty. Posted - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.