law: 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.