.Image for portrayal.| Image Credit Score: Getty Images/iStockphoto.A special National Examination Firm (NIA) court in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) sentenced Islamic academic and preacher Maulana Kalim Siddiqui along with 11 others to lifestyle jail time in an illegal spiritual transformation situation. The courthouse sentenced four other accused-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav and Salim-- to one decade of jail time alongside fines according to the applicable Areas troubled them. Mr. Siddiqui and 11 others were pronounced guilty under Areas 121 A (maneuvering to commit specific offenses against the state), 123 (hiding along with intent to help with a design to wage war), 153 A (ensuring enmity in between unique groups on premises of religion, ethnicity, place of birth, home, language, etc) and also appropriate Segments of the Uttar Pradesh Restriction of Unlawful Transformation of Religious Beliefs 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 as well as Abdullah Umar. Arrested in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Team imprisoned Mr. Siddiqui coming from Meerut for purportedly jogging an all over the country organization for religious conversion. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, president of an Islamic count on, was accused of running a spiritual sale noise via a number of organizations and colleges he moneyed and acquiring funds from international companies. He was actually indicted of marketing enmity in between different spiritual teams and also disturbing India's prepotence as well as honesty. Posted - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.