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Optimal way to capture error while creating record in Laravel

I have below code which insert record in job_titles table which is working perfectly fine. I have used double check in that code in case of failures(Try/Catch and If Statement). I needed to know is it really required or only one method can suffice. If only one method is sufficient then which one i should use.

public function store(Request $request)
    {

        try {
            $rules = [
                'code' => 'required | max:4 | unique:job_titles,code',
                'title' => 'required',
                'description' => 'required'
            ];

            $validated = Validator::make($request->all(), $rules);


            if ($validated->fails()) {
                return response()->json(['status' => 'error', 'message' => 'Please correct validation errors', 'errors' => $validated->errors()]);
            }

            $newJobTitle = JobTitle::create([
                'title' => $request->get('title'),
                'code' => strtoupper($request->get('code')),
                'description' => $request->get('description')
            ]);
            if (!$newJobTitle) {
                return response()->json(['status' => 'error', 'message' => 'Something went wrong!!']);
            }

            return response()->json([
                'status' => 'success',
                'message' => 'Job Title ' . $request->get('title') . ' created successfully'
            ]);
        } catch (Exception $e) {
            return response()->json(['status' => 'error', 'message' => 'Something went wrong!!', 'exception_message' => $e]);
        }

    }

I have confusion Between these:

try{
}catch(Exception e)
{
}

OR

 $newJobTitle = JobTitle::create([
                'title' => $request->get('title'),
                'code' => strtoupper($request->get('code')),
                'description' => $request->get('description')
            ]);
            if (!$newJobTitle) {
                return response()->json(['status' => 'error', 'message' => 'Something went wrong!!']);
            }

OR

Both the above option

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