.Picture for depiction.| Image Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto.An exclusive National Inspection Agency (NIA) court in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) sentenced Islamic historian as well as sermonizer Maulana Kalim Siddiqui together with 11 others to life imprisonment in an illegal theological transformation case. The court punished 4 other accused-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav as well as Salim-- to ten years of imprisonment alongside penalties depending on to the relevant Areas troubled them. Mr. Siddiqui and also 11 others were founded guilty under Areas 121 A (conniving to dedicate specific misdemeanors versus the state), 123 (covering along with intent to assist in a design to wage war), 153 A (promoting enmity between unique teams on premises of religious beliefs, ethnicity, birthplace, residence, language, etc) and relevant Areas of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Faith Show, 2021. The various 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 also Abdullah Umar. Detained in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad detained Mr. Siddiqui from Meerut for presumably dashing a nationally syndicate for religious transformation. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, head of state of an Islamic trust, was accused of running a theological conversion noise by means of several organisations and also universities he financed and receiving funds from international organizations. He was actually charged of marketing enmity in between different religious teams and disturbing India's sovereignty and also stability. Published - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.