crushing unit has got nothing to do with the licence to quarry rough stones and dehors the fact that the licence granted for quarrying rough stones has been suspended and thereafter, the period of licence has expired on the ground of illicit quarry, the quarry has been sealed, it cannot have any impact on the stone crushing unit. However, a closer scrutiny into the factual position gives a different picture. From the photographs, which have been produced before this Court, we find that the entire quarry area has been covered on all sides with compound wall to a height of about 20 feet, partly by brick wall and partly by barbed wire fence. It is rather surprising that a person carrying on mining activity would have erected a compound wall covering the entire extent, which is measuring about 3.68.5 Hectares and within that area, there is also a Government poromboke land. This leads to a lot of suspicion as to why the entire quarry area should be covered by a compound wall, more particularly, the permission granted for carrying on quarrying operations in the name of Murugesan, who appears to be a name lender, because the owner of the land is none other than the said Pari. Thus, what is important to note is that the stone crushing unit / units are situated within the same premises, which is covered by a compound wall. No person would be entitled to have an access inside the area, which is under the control of the land owner, who is none other the said Pari. In such circumstances, can the stone crushing unit be construed as a separate and distinct unit and its activities can have no bearing on the action to be initiated for illicit quarry. As noted above, Murugesan, who was the licensee, has not objected to the suspension of the permission granted to quarry nor any steps were taken by him to seek for unsealing and unlocking of the premises by the Department. Therefore, the suspecion, which looms large in the instant case, is not without material and it is a reasonable suspicion, which will ultimately lead to detecting more than what meets the eye.
