.Photo for portrayal.| Image Credit Score: Getty Images/iStockphoto.An exclusive National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) penalized Islamic scholar and also minister Maulana Kalim Siddiqui in addition to 11 others to lifestyle jail time in an unlawful spiritual sale scenario. The court sentenced four various other indicted-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav and also Salim-- to 10 years of imprisonment in addition to greats depending on to the appropriate Sections imposed on them. Mr. Siddiqui as well as 11 others were pronounced guilty under Sections 121 A (conniving to commit particular offences against the state), 123 (hiding with intent to promote a style to fight), 153 A (advertising enmity between distinct groups on premises of religion, race, place of birth, home, foreign language, etc) as well as appropriate Sections of the Uttar Pradesh Restriction of Unlawful Transformation of Religious Beliefs 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. Jailed in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad jailed Mr. Siddiqui from Meerut for allegedly rushing a countrywide distribute for theological conversion. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, president of an Islamic rely on, was accused of working a spiritual sale racket by means of several companies and also schools he funded and getting funds coming from international companies. He was actually accused of advertising enmity in between various spiritual teams as well as troubling India's sovereignty and also honesty. Released - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.