CHENGDU, Sept. 6  -- A college student in southwest China's Sichuan Province was given the death sentence with a two-year reprieve for intentional homicide on Wednesday.

According to the Intermediate People's Court of Chengdu, Teng Fei, a student at Sichuan Normal University, killed a classmate on the night of March 27, 2016, after an altercation.

Teng turned himself in to police, and was later diagnosed with clinical depression. However, the court judged him capable of taking responsibility for his actions and made its ruling on the basis of the extremely brutal nature of the killing and said he posed a serious threat to society.

Teng was also ordered to provide compensation of 83,212 yuan (12,720 U.S dollars) to the victim's family, and deprived of political rights for life.

Teng did not appeal.