In year 2012 August i and my family were acquitted from 498a, since the case filed by the lady was false. later after 5 months, in the month of Dec-2012 they filed for appeal and since then the opposite party has not attended the case and there has been no progress. My question is for how many days(years) can the judge wait for the complainant to appear ? it has been more than 1 year the case in lingering in the court. what is the way to get out of this mess.? can we appeal in the HC to dismiss the case ?? whenever we ask our advocate to work on this case he says " trust me i will look into this ". can i travel abroad since appeal is pending in the court please advice