The state will soon legislate a stringent law to prevent heinous atrocities against women and children before the Budget session comes to an end. Home minister Anil Deshmukh told the lower house on Wednesday that his department was in the process of drafting a law on the basis of the stringet Disha Act of Andhra Pradesh.

The 'Disha Act' asks for completing detection and filing of chargesheet in the court within seven working days and mandates that the trial must end in 14 working days.