.Picture for representation.| Picture Credit Report: Getty Images/iStockphoto.An exclusive National Inspection Firm (NIA) court in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) punished Islamic intellectual and preacher Maulana Kalim Siddiqui in addition to 11 others to lifestyle jail time in an illegal religious sale case. The court penalized four other indicted-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav and Salim-- to 10 years of imprisonment together with greats according to the relevant Parts troubled them. Mr. Siddiqui and also 11 others were pronounced guilty under Sections 121 A (maneuvering to devote certain offences against the state), 123 (covering along with intent to facilitate a design to wage war), 153 A (promoting enmity between various teams on premises of faith, nationality, birthplace, property, language, etc) as well as applicable Sections of the Uttar Pradesh Restriction of Unlawful Transformation of Religion Act, 2021. The 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 Abdullah Umar. Arrested in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Team imprisoned Mr. Siddiqui from Meerut for purportedly dashing a countrywide organization for theological conversion. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, head of state of an Islamic rely on, was actually charged of working a spiritual transformation noise by means of numerous organisations as well as colleges he cashed and receiving funds coming from global companies. He was actually implicated of marketing enmity between various theological groups and troubling India's prepotence and honesty. Released - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.