The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988
160. Duty
to furnish particulars of vehicle involved in accident.
A registering
authority or the officer in charge of a police station shall, if so required
by a person who alleges that he is entitled to claim compensation in respect of
an accident arising out of the use of a motor vehicle, or if so required by an
insurer against whom a claim has been made in respect of any motor vehicle,
furnish to that person or to that insurer, as the case may be, on payment of
the prescribed fee any information at the disposal of the said authority or the
said authority or the said police officer relating to the identification
marks and other particulars of the vehicle and the name and address of the
person who was using the vehicle at the time of the accident or was injured
by it and the property, if any damaged in such form and within such time as
the Central Government may prescribe.