Hyderabad, July 9 -- The Telangana High Court has made it clear that police cannot be treated as recovery agents in financial disputes. This clarification came during a hearing of a petition filed by V Satish Kumar from Hyderabad, who had lent money to P Dinesh.

When Dinesh failed to repay the loan, Satish approached the police seeking their intervention. However, the police refused to register a First Information Report (FIR), informing Satish that such matters are civil disputes and should be addressed in civil court, not through police action.

Dissatisfied with the police response, Satish took the matter to the High Court, seeking an order to compel the police to recover his money. Justice T Vinod Kumar, who presided over the case, c...