The process of criminal law cannot be utilised for arm-twisting and money recovery, particularly while opposing the prayer for bail, the Supreme Court observed in an order passed recently. The bench of Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and Hrishikesh Roy observed that the recovery of money is essentially within the realm of civil proceedings. There is no justification in adopting such a course that for the purpose of being given the concession of pre-arrest bail, the person apprehending arrest ought to make payment, the court said.