The Maharashtra government has prepared two draft bills to expedite the detection and awarding of sentences, including capital punishment and life term, in offences of rape, gangrape and acid attacks against women and serious crimes against children.

The draft bills provide for the completion of probes in 15 instead of 60 working days, completion of the trial in 30 instead of 60 working days and the reduction of the period for appeal from six months to 45 days.