5 SCC 350 9dismissal of the present appeals. 11. The facts in the present case are not in dispute. It is not disputed that the matter has been compromised between the borrowers and the Bank. It has also not been in dispute that, upon payment of the amount under the OTS, the loan account of the borrower has been closed. 12. Therefore, the only question would be, as to whether the continuation of the criminal proceedings against the present appellants would be justified or not. 13. At the outset, we may state that we are only considering the cases of two women i.e. Accused Nos. 4 and 5, wherein Accused No.4 is the wife of Accused No.2. It is also not in dispute that the original Accused Nos. 2 and 3 have since died. 14. By a separate judgment of the even date in Criminal Appeal arising out of Special Leave Petition (Criminal) No.4353 of 2018 wherein similar facts arose for consideration, we have held that when the matter has been compromised between the borrower and Bank, the