Two newly-wed brothers in Pakistan are spending their first weeks of married life behind bars after police arrested them on terrorism charges for letting off firecrackers during their joint wedding ceremony . Officers in Karachi said the grooms went 'too far ' during the celebrations , and have charged the brothers and three other people under the explosive provisions of anti-terrorism legislation . If found guilty they could face long prison sentences , or even the death penalty . The brothers set off firecrackers , like the ones pictured , during their wedding ceremony in Karachi , Pakistan , but now face spending their married life behind bars after being charged with terrorism offences . Setting off fireworks and firing weapons into the air is a longstanding custom at Pakistani weddings , but police officer Abbas Golarchi said the wedding party 's celebrations scared the community living nearby . He told agency AFP : 'Very powerful crackers were being used during the marriage ceremony creating fear among the neighbourhood , a densely populated area of the city . ' The five arrested are in police custody awaiting a remand hearing which is due to take place on Wednesday . A sentence of the death penalty is unlikely , it is thought , before no-one was harmed during the joint wedding celebration . It is customary at Pakistani weddings to set off firecrackers and fireworks , and human rights campaigners have accused the police and judiciary of using anti-terrorism legislation in cases not related to militancy . Human rights campaigners say Pakistan 's anti-terrorism legislation and anti-terrorism courts are frequently misused to prosecute cases that have nothing to do with militancy . In their World Report 2015 , Human Rights Watch criticised the passing of the Protection of Pakistan Act by the country 's government , denouncing it as 'overly broad ' counter-terrorism legislation that violates international human rights standards and allows security forces to act without accountability . More generally , Pakistani police are often criticised for their heavy-handed approach . In April last year , police in the eastern city of Lahore booked a nine-month-old boy on an attempted murder charge after his family members allegedly threw bricks at officers trying to collect an unpaid bill . At least 40 people were killed in 2005 after firecrackers exploded on a bus carrying wedding guests back from a ceremony in Lahore , eastern Pakistan , according to a BBC report .
The newly-wed siblings went 'too far ' at their joint ceremony , say police . A couple who were married in a church have been charged with incest after they allegedly had sex on the altar of St Mary's Church in New York City.