.Image for portrayal.| Picture Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto.An unique National Examination Agency (NIA) court of law in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) sentenced Islamic intellectual and also sermonizer Maulana Kalim Siddiqui together with 11 others to life imprisonment in an illegal religious sale scenario. The courtroom sentenced 4 other implicated-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav and also Salim-- to one decade of imprisonment together with greats according to the applicable Parts imposed on them. Mr. Siddiqui and 11 others were actually convicted under Parts 121 A (conniving to dedicate particular offenses versus the condition), 123 (concealing with intent to help with a design to wage war), 153 A (ensuring enmity between distinct groups on premises of religious beliefs, race, place of birth, house, foreign language, and so on) and appropriate Parts of the Uttar Pradesh Restriction of Unlawful Sale of Faith Act, 2021. The other convicts are actually: 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. Jailed in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad jailed Mr. Siddiqui coming from Meerut for supposedly jogging an all over the country syndicate for religious conversion. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, president of an Islamic rely on, was charged of working a theological conversion noise through numerous organisations and institutions he funded and receiving funds from global organizations. He was actually indicted of promoting enmity in between various theological teams and also disturbing India's prepotence and also stability. Posted - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.