.Photo for depiction.| Image Credit Report: Getty Images/iStockphoto.An exclusive National Examination Organization (NIA) court in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) punished Islamic academic as well as preacher Maulana Kalim Siddiqui in addition to 11 others to life jail time in a prohibited spiritual conversion case. The courthouse penalized 4 various other indicted-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav as well as Salim-- to one decade of imprisonment in addition to greats according to the relevant Sections troubled them. Mr. Siddiqui and also 11 others were actually convicted under Sections 121 A (confederating to devote certain offences versus the state), 123 (concealing along with intent to assist in a design to fight), 153 A (ensuring enmity in between distinct teams on reasons of religion, ethnicity, place of birth, home, foreign language, and so on) as well as applicable Sections of the Uttar Pradesh Restriction of Unlawful Conversion of Religion 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. Detained in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad detained Mr. Siddiqui coming from Meerut for apparently jogging an all over the country distribute for spiritual conversion. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, head of state of an Islamic trust, was actually charged of working a religious conversion noise by means of a number of organisations as well as universities he moneyed and also acquiring funds coming from global organizations. He was actually implicated of promoting enmity in between various religious groups and also distressing India's sovereignty and stability. Posted - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.