this function help to check policy in laravel

policy.php

<?php 

  if (!function_exists('authorize')) {
    /* @throws UnauthorizedUserException */
    function authorize($ability, $policy, $arguments = []): bool
    {
        if ($policy::{$ability}(...$arguments)) {
            return false;
        }

        return true;
    }
}

//In Controler you can called like as below 

abort_if(authorize('view', StudentPolicy::class), Response::HTTP_FORBIDDEN, '403 Forbidden'); 


?>