.Photo for representation.| Photograph Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto.An exclusive National Examination Company (NIA) court of law in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) sentenced Islamic intellectual and also minister Maulana Kalim Siddiqui along with 11 others to lifestyle imprisonment in an illegal spiritual sale scenario. The courthouse penalized 4 other charged-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav and Salim-- to 10 years of jail time in addition to penalties depending on to the applicable Sections troubled them. Mr. Siddiqui as well as 11 others were actually sentenced under Segments 121 A (conspiring to dedicate specific offenses against the state), 123 (covering along with intent to promote a design to fight), 153 A (promoting enmity in between different teams on reasons of religion, nationality, place of birth, property, foreign language, and so on) as well as pertinent Sections of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Sale of Religious Beliefs Act, 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 Abdullah Umar. Arrested in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad apprehended Mr. Siddiqui from Meerut for allegedly running an across the country organization for theological conversion. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, head of state of an Islamic depend on, was indicted of working a theological sale noise via numerous organisations and also universities he moneyed and also obtaining funds from global companies. He was implicated of ensuring enmity in between various theological groups as well as distressing India's prepotence and also integrity. Released - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.