.Image for depiction.| Picture Credit Score: Getty Images/iStockphoto.A special National Examination Agency (NIA) court of law in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) punished Islamic intellectual and minister Maulana Kalim Siddiqui in addition to 11 others to life jail time in an unlawful theological sale situation. The courtroom penalized four various other indicted-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav and also Salim-- to 10 years of imprisonment in addition to penalties depending on to the relevant Segments imposed on all of them. Mr. Siddiqui as well as 11 others were sentenced under Segments 121 A (conniving to devote specific offences versus the condition), 123 (covering along with intent to help with a design to wage war), 153 A (promoting enmity in between distinct groups on reasons of faith, ethnicity, place of birth, residence, foreign language, etc) and also relevant Segments of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Transformation of Faith 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 as well as Abdullah Umar. Apprehended in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Team jailed Mr. Siddiqui from Meerut for supposedly dashing an across the country syndicate for theological sale. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, president of an Islamic leave, was indicted of functioning a religious transformation noise by means of numerous companies and universities he financed and also getting funds coming from international organizations. He was actually accused of marketing enmity between different spiritual teams and also troubling India's sovereignty and integrity. Published - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.