A special high-level committee has decided to prepare a bill laying down laws to protect mediapersons, including making attacks on journalists a non-bailable offence, the State Home minister R R Patil said.
The committee was formed to look into attacks on the media, following the attacks by Shiv Sainiks on the offices of IBN Lokmat and IBN7 in Mumbai and Pune in November last, Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Chandra Iyengar added that the bill would be prepared by the Home department.