.Picture for representation.| Picture Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto.An unique National Investigation Firm (NIA) court of law in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) punished Islamic academic and minister Maulana Kalim Siddiqui along with 11 others to life jail time in an unlawful religious sale scenario. The courtroom penalized 4 various other charged-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav as well as Salim-- to ten years of jail time along with penalties according to the relevant Segments imposed on them. Mr. Siddiqui as well as 11 others were actually pronounced guilty under Parts 121 A (conniving to devote specific infractions against the state), 123 (hiding along with intent to assist in a design to wage war), 153 A (marketing enmity between unique groups on premises of religious beliefs, race, birthplace, house, language, and so on) and appropriate Segments of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Faith Show, 2021. The various 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. Detained in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad detained Mr. Siddiqui coming from Meerut for supposedly running a nationwide syndicate for spiritual sale. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, head of state of an Islamic trust, was actually implicated of working a theological conversion noise via many companies and also schools he funded and acquiring funds from global organizations. He was implicated of marketing enmity in between different theological groups and disturbing India's prepotence and also honesty. Published - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.