.Image for representation.| Picture Credit Rating: Getty Images/iStockphoto.An unique National Investigation Agency (NIA) court of law in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) punished Islamic intellectual and also sermonizer Maulana Kalim Siddiqui along with 11 others to lifestyle imprisonment in a prohibited theological transformation case. The courtroom penalized 4 various other charged-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav and also Salim-- to 10 years of imprisonment in addition to penalties depending on to the appropriate Parts troubled all of them. Mr. Siddiqui as well as 11 others were actually sentenced under Areas 121 A (confederating to commit specific infractions versus the state), 123 (hiding along with intent to assist in a layout to wage war), 153 A (marketing enmity between distinct groups on grounds of faith, race, place of birth, house, language, and so on) as well as appropriate Sections of the Uttar Pradesh Restriction of Unlawful Conversion of Faith Show, 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 and also Abdullah Umar. Detained in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad imprisoned Mr. Siddiqui coming from Meerut for supposedly rushing an all over the country distribute for theological transformation. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, president of an Islamic depend on, was actually charged of functioning a spiritual transformation noise via several companies and universities he funded as well as acquiring funds from global companies. He was actually indicted of advertising enmity between different theological teams as well as disturbing India's sovereignty and also integrity. Published - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.