Justice J B Pardiwala, after hearing the arguments, ordered the removal of three IPC sections in the FIR - section 121 (waging war against government), 153-A (promoting enmity between different communities) and 153-B (assertions prejudicial to national integrity) - against Hardik and his aides.
The court, however, refused to drop IPC sections 124 (sedition) and 121-A (conspiracy to wage war against government), which attract punishment of life imprisonment or up to 10 years.
Later, Hardik, Chirag Patel, Dinesh Bambhaniya and Ketan Patel were arrested. They are currently behind bars.
Two other aides of Hardik - Amrish Patel and Alpesh Kathiriya - were not arrested as the high court had granted them interim protection.
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In another development, the high court today extended their interim relief from arrest for another 15 days.
This was the second sedition complaint against Hardik after he was booked under the same charge by Surat Police.
During the arguments on November 2, public prosecutor Mitesh Amin had strongly defended the stand of Crime Branch for slapping stringent charges against the Patel leaders, stating that the FIR is based on the call interceptions made by it.