.Image for portrayal.| Image Credit History: Getty Images/iStockphoto.An unique National Investigation Company (NIA) court in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) penalized Islamic historian as well as sermonizer Maulana Kalim Siddiqui in addition to 11 others to life jail time in an illegal spiritual conversion case. The courtroom punished four other implicated-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav and also Salim-- to ten years of imprisonment along with penalties depending on to the appropriate Sections troubled them. Mr. Siddiqui and also 11 others were convicted under Sections 121 A (maneuvering to commit specific offences against the state), 123 (concealing along with intent to assist in a design to wage war), 153 A (advertising enmity in between distinct groups on premises of faith, ethnicity, place of birth, residence, language, and so on) as well as applicable Areas of the Uttar Pradesh Restriction of Unlawful Sale of Religion 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 and also Abdullah Umar. Detained in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad apprehended Mr. Siddiqui coming from Meerut for supposedly running a nationally organization for theological sale. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, head of state of an Islamic trust, was actually indicted of functioning a spiritual transformation racket with several organisations and also colleges he financed and receiving funds coming from international organisations. He was actually charged of advertising enmity between different spiritual groups and also disturbing India's prepotency as well as stability. Posted - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.