.Photo for portrayal.| Photo Debt: Getty Images/iStockphoto.An unique National Examination Firm (NIA) court in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) sentenced Islamic historian and minister Maulana Kalim Siddiqui along with 11 others to lifestyle imprisonment in an unlawful theological conversion case. The court sentenced four other indicted-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav as well as Salim-- to ten years of imprisonment alongside greats depending on to the pertinent Parts imposed on all of them. Mr. Siddiqui as well as 11 others were actually founded guilty under Sections 121 A (confederating to devote particular offences versus the state), 123 (covering along with intent to facilitate a style to wage war), 153 A (advertising enmity in between different groups on reasons of religious beliefs, nationality, place of birth, residence, language, and so on) and also pertinent Sections of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Transformation of Religion Show, 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 Abdullah Umar. Imprisoned in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad apprehended Mr. Siddiqui from Meerut for purportedly jogging an all over the country organization for theological transformation. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, president of an Islamic trust fund, was accused of working a religious conversion racket through a number of organisations and also colleges he moneyed as well as receiving funds coming from international companies. He was charged of ensuring enmity between various religious teams as well as upsetting India's prepotence as well as integrity. Published - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.